Steven Avery
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Hi Martijn,
questioning an unprovenanced and long-disputed 4th-century date (conta Sirleto, Momtfaucon, Rinck et al) is not an accusation of forgery.
It is pointing out the stubborn resistance to scientific methodology, using “consensus” or “not controversial” as the hand-wave. So we really should not have confidence in the 4th-century claim, which is now ossified as part of the Critical Text apologia, an article of faith.
Technically, Erasmus questioned the authenticity of Vaticanus and other manuscripts in the discussion of Latinization of Greek mss. coming out of the Council of Florence c. 1450. However, the Erasmus position is generally considered inoperative today, a historical footnote.
Steven
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