Breaking the Rules: Lectio Brevior Potior and New Testament Textual Criticism
Though the principle regarding a preference for the shorter reading is often still included in descriptions of text-critical method, it has fallen out of use. The maxim lectio brevior potior (“prefer the shorter reading”) should not be, and in fact is not, a factor in the modern practice of New Test...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Sage
2019
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In: |
The Bible translator
Year: 2019, Volume: 70, Issue: 1, Pages: 82-93 |
Further subjects: | B
shorter reading
B Textual Criticism B Scribes B Greek New Testament B lectio brevior potior B Manuscripts |
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Summary: | Though the principle regarding a preference for the shorter reading is often still included in descriptions of text-critical method, it has fallen out of use. The maxim lectio brevior potior (“prefer the shorter reading”) should not be, and in fact is not, a factor in the modern practice of New Testament textual criticism. This article briefly states reasons for the maxim’s inapplicability and then surveys a large amount of contemporary text-critical and exegetical literature to demonstrate the maxim’s demise. |
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ISSN: | 2051-6789 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: The Bible translator
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/2051677018823038 |