Maurice Robinson on Revelation - "an editor to be reckoned with"

Steven Avery

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Scribal Habits Among Manuscripts of the Apocalypse (1982)
Maurice Arthur Robinson
http://www.bibelgriechisch.online/Scribal_Habits_Robinson.pdf

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(70) Greg. H(Olj/Hosk. H: An. "Editor" To Be Reckoned With
The final MS to be examined in this chapter is the famous
fou^^i-ceritury- Codex Sinaiticus discovered by Tischendorf in
the last century. The weight accorded this MS by contemporary
NT textual criticism1 malces the study of its scribal habits of
.’Second only to the Codex Vaticanus (Greg. IS/03, not extant in the
Apocalypse). —
 
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Steven Avery

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Scribal Habits and Theological Influences in the Apocalypse (2006)

Sounds to me like déjà vu all over again (cf. M. A. Robinson, “Scribal Habits among Manuscripts of the Apocalypse”, PhD diss., 1982). However, it’s always helpful to improve the wheel, even if in some ways reinventing it.

There are differences, of course: my research dealt with the singular readings of all Apocalypse MSS collated by Hoskier, taken from ten scattered chapters throughout the book (to have considered all singular readings found in ca. 220 MSS necessarily would have exceeded dissertation limitations). My research thus led to conclusions drawn from a broad range of material as opposed to Hernandez’ more limited analysis of the three leading uncials (pity that he did not include the more extensive papyri — I deliberately chose to add P47 to my study because of its significance, and today would add P115 in particular).

Equally, I certainly discuss the same MSS analyzed by Hernandez: A/02 (pp. 104-113), characterized as a “less careful editor”; C/04, “a careless scribe / careful editor” (pp. 113-118); and in extenso, Aleph/01 as “an editor to be reckoned with” (pp. 135-182). In general, my conclusions are the same as those of Hernandez: “the scribes of these three manuscripts omitted more often than they added to their texts, [and] were prone to harmonizing.”

I would, however, question one portion of the publisher’s blurb statement:

“His book is the first systematic study of scribal habits on the Apocalypse that takes seriously the claim that some scribes were making changes to the text of the Apocalypse for theological reasons.”

My dissertation in fact did address general intentional theological variation (pp. 53-73).

As for theologically-motivated alteration in regard to these three MSS, this was discussed as follows: A/02 (pp. 109-112); C/04 (p. 117), and Aleph/01 (pp. 169, 175).

As an aside, within the discussion of general intentional theological variation, MS 1248 (Hosk. 250) provides an interesting case: in Re 12:10 the scribe has turned CRISTOU into ANTICRISTOU !
 
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Steven Avery

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Responding to the post
New Book:
Hernández Jr., Juan, Scribal Habits and Theological Influences in the Apocalypse
The Singular Readings of Sinaiticus, Alexandrinus, and Ephraemi
(Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament 2.Reihe; 2006).
ISBN 3-16-149112-2 ca. € 50.00

BLURB:
Modelled on the respective studies of Ernest C. Colwell and James R. Royse, Juan Hernández Jr. offers a fresh and comprehensive discussion of the Apocalypse's singular readings in Sinaiticus, Alexandrinus, and Ephraemi. Moreover, the singular readings of the Apocalypse are also assessed in light of the work's reception history in the early church. The author shows that the scribes of these three manuscripts omitted more often than they added to their texts, were prone to harmonizing, and, in the case of at least one scribe, made significant theological changes to the fourth century text of the Apocalypse. The author also attempts to integrate the findings of the most recent text-critical research of the Apocalypse with studies of its reception history in the early church. His book is the first systematic study of scribal habits on the Apocalypse that takes seriously the claim that some scribes were making changes to the text of the Apocalypse for theological reasons.

no more details yet at http://www.mohr.de/t/n4656_e.htm
 
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Steven Avery

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My post for ETC - Evangelical Textual Criticism

Scribal Habits and Theological Influences in the Apocalypse
http://evangelicaltextualcriticism.blogspot.com/2006/10/scribal-habits-and-theological.html

can put on their Facebook blog and sent to Maurice Robinson etc.

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It looks like this wonderful paper was placed online by Peter Streitenberger, editor of the Festschrift for Maurice Robinson, Digging for the Truth book in honor of Professor Robinson.

Dissertation von Maurice Robinson zum griechischen Text der Offenbarung des Johannes und den Scribal Habits (d.h. wie Kopisten dort tätig waren) als Pdf
http://www.bibelgriechisch.online/

Scribal Habits Among Manuscripts of the Apocalypse (1982)
Maurice Arthur Robinson

Since the paper works with sample chapters when drilling down to verses:

"only chapters 1, 3, 5, 7, 10, 12, 15; 17, 20 and 22 of the Apocalypse were examined irt 'the present study." p. 280

The incredible issue of the Byzantine-style expansion of the Trisagion in Revelation 4:8

Revelation 4:8 (AV)
And the four beasts had each of them six wings about him;
and they were full of eyes within:
and they rest not day and night, saying,
Holy, holy, holy,
Lord God Almighty,
which was, and is, and is to come.

to eight holies is not covered in the 1982 paper :).

"Holy, Holy, Holy, Holy, Holy, Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God Almighty...’
αγιοϲ · αγιοϲ · αγιοϲ · αγιοϲ · αγιοϲ · αγιοϲ ˙ αγιοϲ αγιοϲ

Codex Sinaiticus Project
Revelation, 4:8 - 6:6 library: BL folio: 327 scribe: A
https://www.codexsinaiticus.org/en/...lioNo=2&lid=en&quireNo=90&side=v&zoomSlider=0
 
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Steven Avery

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Also maybe post here
maurice a robinson7/09/2009

JL: it is a rather spectacular claim that the text of Sinaiticus reflects a "concerted effort" in its transmission history to improve "the Apocalypse's message" by incorporating "scores of changes throughout."

Not at all, since the same conclusion (including various instances of theological alteration) was reached independently in my 1982 PhD Dissertation, in which (as mentioned some time previously when Hernandez book first appeared) I characterized Sinaiticus' scribe of Revelation as "an editor to be reckoned with."

Thus, as Mike Holmes accurately noted, the work of the Sinaiticus scribe in Revelaiton "almost all points in a direction which significantly increases the probability of deliberate rather than accidental alteration of the text."
 

Steven Avery

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Revelation 21:18

Dirk Jongkind trying to recognize correctors ?

https://ntvmr.uni-muenster.de/commu...2694&site=INTF&image=20001/88431/2670/10/1311

Sinaiticus corrections - request for help (2013)
http://evangelicaltextualcriticism.blogspot.com/2013/08/sinaiticus-corrections-request-for-help.html

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Issue 1
First is the correction of ην ενδωμησις to η ενδωμησις on the first line(Rev 21:18). I am not completely sure if this is a C-corrector or a first generation one. The cross through the letter is larger than the undisputed C-corrections elsewhere on the page, and there is a large blob at the top of this stroke, consistent with the rather blobby appearance of the main letters surrounding this correction.

Issue 2
The second thing may be a good case of imagining things, but I am willing to throw it in anyway. On line 6, has υαλω been corrected to υελω? Both are of course existing spellings of the word. I see a small epsilon on top of the α, but I seem to be the only one.

Votes in the following format invited:

Issue 1: Suggestion correct / incorrect / I have no clue
Issue 2: Suggestion correct / incorrect / what have you been eating?
 
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