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Is The "World's Oldest Bible" A Fake?
David W. Daniels
https://books.google.com/books?id=bXJGDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA147
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There are only so many copies of the Shepherd of Hermas. But of all of the manuscripts available in those days, only one makes the mistakes that were in Simonides’ Hermas. Could those same mistakes also be in the Sinaiticus? Let’s check!
Donaldson’s first objection was that a lot of the words in Simonides’ Hermas (Lipsiensis) are actually more modern Greek words, and not ones he has ever found in such abundance in any ancient Greek manuscript. These include, in Donaldson’s words, “a great number of words unknown to the classical period, but common in later or modern Greek.”
I’ll just show you the list, both with modern Greek letters and in the Sinaiticus font. You are welcome to look for them yourself, at www.codexsinaiticus.org.' 47
47. This chart is largely derived from The Apostolical Fathers: A Critical Account of Their Genuine Writings and of Their Doctrines, by James Donaldson
(London: Macmillan and Co., 1874), pp. 388-391.
https://books.google.com/books?id=_LwOAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA388
https://archive.org/details/apostolicalfath01donagoog/page/n402/mode/2up
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Similar or identical to 1864
A Critical History of Christian Literature and Doctrine: From the Death of the Apostles to the Nicene Council (1864)
https://books.google.com/books?id=StcCAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA309
https://archive.org/details/acriticalhistor04donagoog/page/n322/mode/2up
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First chart page from David Daniels, p. 148 online version, same as book.
p. 147 2nd half of page is an intro to the Hermas linguistics
P. 148-151 make four chart pages. *** below
p. 152-155 have a bit more on Maximo etc. - those 4 pages can be summarizes
p. 156 ends chapter but only about the more generaRyrie note
All 4 pages p. 147 should be visible online.
https://books.google.com/books?id=bXJGDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA148
See all five pages p. 147-151 on a separate post.
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DoRightChristians
The Greek Anachronisms Of Codex Sinaiticus
https://dorightchristians.wordpress.com/2017/09/02/the-greek-anachronisms-of-codex-sinaiticus/
David W. Daniels
https://books.google.com/books?id=bXJGDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA147
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There are only so many copies of the Shepherd of Hermas. But of all of the manuscripts available in those days, only one makes the mistakes that were in Simonides’ Hermas. Could those same mistakes also be in the Sinaiticus? Let’s check!
Donaldson’s first objection was that a lot of the words in Simonides’ Hermas (Lipsiensis) are actually more modern Greek words, and not ones he has ever found in such abundance in any ancient Greek manuscript. These include, in Donaldson’s words, “a great number of words unknown to the classical period, but common in later or modern Greek.”
I’ll just show you the list, both with modern Greek letters and in the Sinaiticus font. You are welcome to look for them yourself, at www.codexsinaiticus.org.' 47
47. This chart is largely derived from The Apostolical Fathers: A Critical Account of Their Genuine Writings and of Their Doctrines, by James Donaldson
(London: Macmillan and Co., 1874), pp. 388-391.
https://books.google.com/books?id=_LwOAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA388
https://archive.org/details/apostolicalfath01donagoog/page/n402/mode/2up
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Similar or identical to 1864
A Critical History of Christian Literature and Doctrine: From the Death of the Apostles to the Nicene Council (1864)
https://books.google.com/books?id=StcCAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA309
https://archive.org/details/acriticalhistor04donagoog/page/n322/mode/2up
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First chart page from David Daniels, p. 148 online version, same as book.
p. 147 2nd half of page is an intro to the Hermas linguistics
P. 148-151 make four chart pages. *** below
p. 152-155 have a bit more on Maximo etc. - those 4 pages can be summarizes
p. 156 ends chapter but only about the more generaRyrie note
All 4 pages p. 147 should be visible online.
https://books.google.com/books?id=bXJGDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA148
See all five pages p. 147-151 on a separate post.
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DoRightChristians
The Greek Anachronisms Of Codex Sinaiticus
https://dorightchristians.wordpress.com/2017/09/02/the-greek-anachronisms-of-codex-sinaiticus/
“The late origin of the Greek is indicated by the occurrence of a great number of words unknown to the classical period, but common in later or modern Greek. Such are Βουνος, συμβιοσ (as wife), με (for μετα), πρωτοκαθεδριεις, ισχυροποιω κατεπιθυμω, ασυγκρασια, καταχυμα, εξακριβαζομαι, and such like. The lateness of the Greek appears also from late forms; such as αγαθωτατης, μεθισταναι, οιδας, αφιουσι (αφινουσιν in Sim. Greek), καπεκοπταν, ενεσκιρωμενοι, επεδιδουν, ετιθουν, beside ετιθεσαν, εσκαν, λημψη, ελπιδαν, τιθω, επεριψας and ηνοιξας, ειπασα, χειραν, απλοτηταν, σαρκαν, συνιω, συνιει; and some modern Greek forms, such as κραταουσα for κρατουσα, have been corrected by the writer of the manuscript. The lateness of the Greek appears also in the absence of the optative and the frequent use of ινα after ερωταν, αξιω, αιτουμαι, εντελλομαι, αξιος, &c., generally with the subjunctive, never with the optative. We also find εαν joined with the indicative. Εις is continually used for εν, as εχουσιν τοτον εις τον πυργον. We have also παρα after comparatives, and peculiar constructions, as περιχαρης του ιδειν, σπουδαιος εις το γνοναι, απεγνωρισθαι απο. And we have a neuter plural joined with a plural verb, κτηνη ερχονται. Most, if not all, of these peculiarities now mentioned, may be found in Hellenistic writings, especially the New Testament; and some of them maybe paralleled even in classical writers. But if we consider that the portion which has now been examined is small, and that every page is filled with these peculiarities, the only conclusion to which we can come is, that the Greek is not the Greek of the at least first five centuries of the Christian era. There is no document written within that period which has half so many neo-Hellenic forms, taken page by page, as this Greek of the Pastor of Hermas.”
Cooper, Bill (2016-04-08). The Forging of Codex Sinaiticus (Kindle Locations 898-907). Kindle Edition.
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