An Unseen Paleographical Problem with Milne and Skeat's Dictation Theory of Codex Sinaiticus

This note highlights a previously unseen paleographical error in one of H. J. M. Milne and T. C. Skeat's arguments for the dictation theory of Codex Sinaiticus (... 01). In addition to their primary argument based on the orthographic peculiarities of the three scribes, the two scholars inferred...

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Main Author: Cole, Zachary J. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Scholar's Press [2016]
In: Journal of Biblical literature
Year: 2016, Volume: 135, Issue: 1, Pages: 103-107
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Milne, H. J. M. 1888-1965 / Skeat, Theodore C. 1907-2003 / Bible. Makkabäer 1. 5,20 / Codex Sinaiticus / Text variant / Error
IxTheo Classification:HB Old Testament
KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history
Further subjects:B ORTHOGRAPHIC projection
B Scribes
B Letters
B Bible Language, style
B Codex Sinaiticus (Biblical manuscript)
B LITERARY quarrels
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Summary:This note highlights a previously unseen paleographical error in one of H. J. M. Milne and T. C. Skeat's arguments for the dictation theory of Codex Sinaiticus (... 01). In addition to their primary argument based on the orthographic peculiarities of the three scribes, the two scholars inferred from a curious string of seemingly meaningless characters found in 1 Macc 5:20 that ... was copied aurally rather than visually. Although the dictation theory is not widely held today among textual scholars, this particular explanation of the strange reading in 1 Macc 5:20 for all practical purposes remains unanswered. An error in Milne and Skeat's identification of one of the letters complicates the theory and all but extinguishes its explanatory force.
ISSN:1934-3876
Contains:Enthalten in: Journal of Biblical literature
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.15699/jbl.1351.2016.3007