Sleepy scribes and clever critics : a classification of conjectures on the text of the New Testament

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Kamphuis, Bart L.F.
Krans, Jan L.H.
Castelli, Silvia
Peerbolte, Bert Jan Lietaert

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Brill Academic Publishers

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This article presents a classification of conjectures on the text of the New Testament. It focusses on the types of arguments used by conjectural critics. The argumentation for a conjecture basically comprises (1) the perception of a problem (or problems) in the transmitted text and (2) the suggestion of a cause (or causes) for the supposed scribal change. Type (or types) of perceived problems and of supposed causes are classified, and illustrated with a range of important conjectures.

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New Testament, Classification, Conjecture, Textual criticism, Cconjectural emendation, Typology

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Kamphuis, BLF, Krans, JLH, Castelli, S & Peerbolte, BJL 2015, 'Sleepy scribes and clever critics A classification of conjectures on the text of the New Testament', Novum Testamentum', vol. 57, no.1, pp. 72-90.