From: yochanan bitan (ButhFam@compuserve.com)
Date: Sun Apr 09 2000 - 05:39:31 EDT
<x-charset ISO-8859-1>roe wrote:
>
>Waltz, at
>
>http://www.skypoint.com/~waltzmn/CriticalEds.html#Swanson
>
>says that the text used is not "B", but United Bible Societies'. The
>Codex Vaticanus might consistently be shown in the first line of the
>apparatus, but other than that possible "prominence", it is given no
>special attention. That is, all differing readings found in the MSS
>Swanson examines are spelled out in parallel, with -- I think -- no
>intention of "promoting" one over the other.
That information about UBS is misleading. Vaticanus is the base-text, but
others are spelled out so that everyone gets their day in court.
And Swanson is truly excellent. No better, more user-friendly reference for
a practical look at a text.
errwso
Randall Buth
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