Re: Who axed Acts 8:37?
Posted: Sat Sep 15, 2018 2:01 am
I see the mountain is still in labor. I'm waiting with bated breath.
Investigating the roots of western civilization (ye olde BC&H forum of IIDB lives on...)
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To be completely fair, I'm not holding my breath, either. I'm just curious how the teased result of nearly three weeks worth of deep thought and experimentation (like a real textual critic, no less) over this momentous problem is supposed to look. I guess I have my peanuts to hold me over.Ben C. Smith wrote: ↑Sat Sep 15, 2018 7:45 pmTo be fair, it takes longer to do impossible things than it does to do possible or, better yet, probable things.
Wouldn't it have been easier to just include a baptism of infants?
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Maybe they're all the same poster....?????Joseph D. L. wrote: ↑Sun Sep 16, 2018 5:27 am Between Steven Avery's arrogance, Giuseppe's assuredness, and Charles Wilson's ridiculousness, John T takes all of that within himself and amplifies theme to absurd proportions. I doubt there is a user on here as disingenuous as he is.
Actually, getting the Greek to fit was the easiest part but you already knew that. That is not to say it was included in p45 but did the missing sections contain enough room for the nomina sacra formula to fit in just the same?Ben C. Smith wrote: ↑Sat Sep 15, 2018 7:45 pmTo be fair, it takes longer to do impossible things than it does to do possible or, better yet, probable things.
No, actually everyone else except you came to the conclusion that "the Greek" doesn't fit. That's why we want to see your solution.
You have mentioned the nomina sacra a few times now, as if there is some great importance to being able to shave off a few letters from about three words in verse 37. This is making me suspicious that we are undertaking different enterprises. What is it about the nomina sacra in verse 37 that makes you think it will fit in somewhere? Why does the probable abbreviation of three words, abbreviations which my letter counts already accounted for, make such a huge difference to your way of thinking?John T wrote: ↑Mon Sep 17, 2018 6:26 amActually, getting the Greek to fit was the easiest part but you already knew that. That is not to say it was included in p45 but did the missing sections contain enough room for the nomina sacra formula to fit in just the same?Ben C. Smith wrote: ↑Sat Sep 15, 2018 7:45 pmTo be fair, it takes longer to do impossible things than it does to do possible or, better yet, probable things.
Yes! Of course it would matter. I would love it if you could somehow show that the restored column of text works best with the inclusion of verse 37 rather than with its exclusion. To convincingly turn a consensus on its head is the dream.If I figured out how to do all of that and it turned out to work just as I hoped, would it matter anyway?