Anger Issues: Mark 1.41 in Ephrem the Syrian, the Old Latin Gospels and Codex Bezae
While the vast majority of manuscripts portray Jesus in Mark 1.41 as ‘moved to compassion’ (splanchnistheis) before healing a leper, five putative witnesses in three languages depict him ‘becoming angry’ (orgistheis/iratus). Following Hort's dictum that ‘knowledge of documents should precede fi...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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[2017]
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New Testament studies
Year: 2017, Volume: 63, Issue: 2, Pages: 183-202 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Bible. Markusevangelium 1,41
/ Textual criticism
/ Ephraem, Syrus 306-373, Commentarius in evangelium concordans
/ Bible (Vetus Latina)
/ Codex Bezae Cantabrigiensis
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| IxTheo Classification: | HC New Testament KAB Church history 30-500; early Christianity |
| Further subjects: | B
Textual Criticism
B Mark 1.41 B Ephrem B Diatessaron B Codex Bezae B Old Latin |
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| Summary: | While the vast majority of manuscripts portray Jesus in Mark 1.41 as ‘moved to compassion’ (splanchnistheis) before healing a leper, five putative witnesses in three languages depict him ‘becoming angry’ (orgistheis/iratus). Following Hort's dictum that ‘knowledge of documents should precede final judgments on readings’, this article offers the first thorough examination of the witnesses to ‘anger’, with the result that the sole putative Syriac witness is dismissed, the Old Latin witnesses are geographically isolated, and the sole Greek witness linked to the Old Latin as a Greek–Latin diglot. Since the final grounds for Jesus’ ‘anger’, that it is the lectio difficilior, also prove insubstantial, splanchnistheis is concluded to be original, with ‘anger’ originating in the Old Latin manuscript tradition. |
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| ISSN: | 1469-8145 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: New Testament studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/S0028688516000412 |