the original quote-finds that spur the Sinaiticus textual studies

[Steven Avery]

Can also include list of early arguments
Colophons
Perfect NT text
Perfect NT canon
etc
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Do you look at textual issues that present difficulties for the 4th-5th century theory, like:

the sophisticated dialog of Song of Songs,
the eight holies (Octoechos) in Revelation 4:8,
the Three Crosses Note
the Zurich Psalter connection to Sinaiticus corrections

 

[Steven Avery]

Examples of analysis that bump up against 4th century presuppositionalism

Lost keys: Text and interpretation in old Greek ``Song of Songs'' and its earliest manuscript witnesses (1996)

Lost Keys: Text and Interpretation in Old Greek "Song of Songs" and Its Earliest Manuscript Witnesses

The earliest extant interpretation of the entire Song of Songs is its Old Greek translation. A critical edition of the Old Greek text is provided in the format of the Computer Assisted Tools for Septuagint Study (CATSS) Variants Project. This is the

www.academia.edu

Abstract -
"This chapter looks briefly at the rubrics in these four Greek manuscripts. The Sinaiticus set is a special case, because we also have Latin witnesses to the same tradition. "

p. 400
"rubrics of Codex Sinaiticus bear a literary relationship with rubrics in several later Latin manuscripts."

p. 19
Codex Sinaiticus, a fourth-century Old Greek manuscript, uses rubrics to indicate speakers such as “The Bride” or “The Groom’s Companions.”

Sensible Analysis:
When Sinaiticus was created, they simply followed the sophisticated medieval Latin tradition. This may have been from a manuscript, or a printed edition. (It would be interesting to seek out matching source texts.)

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"somewhat adverse to the alleged antiquity"

Athenaeum and Literary Chronicle

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