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Start Date
17-9-2024 2:15 PM
End Date
17-9-2024 3:00 PM
Keywords
codex, Greek, augiensis, boernerianus
Description
For centuries scholars have been aware of the close relationship between two ninth-century Greek Latin bilingual manuscripts, Codex Boernerianus (GA 012, VL 77) and Codex Augiensis (GA 010, VL 78) with very few satisfactory conclusions regarding the nature of that relationship. Recent advancements in digital technology have breathed new life into this question as more detailed analyses are now possible. This presentation seeks to demonstrate how these new digital tools have been used to shed light on the nature of this relationship, which has eluded scholars for centuries. Based on an analysis of full electronic transcriptions of the Greek texts of these manuscripts in Romans, Galatians, Ephesians and 1 Timothy, it can now be shown that the Greek text of Codex Augiensis was copied directly from Codex Boernerianus and has thus stood as an Abschrift (a direct copy) in plain sight. These findings indicate that, as a copy of an existing manuscript, Codex Augiensis should no longer be cited in critical editions of the Greek New Testament.
Submission Type
Bible Study; Lecture; Sermon Prep
Submission Audience
Laity; Ministers; Scholars
Submission Cost
Free
Digital Technology and Manuscript Research: An Abscrift Hidden in Plain Sight
For centuries scholars have been aware of the close relationship between two ninth-century Greek Latin bilingual manuscripts, Codex Boernerianus (GA 012, VL 77) and Codex Augiensis (GA 010, VL 78) with very few satisfactory conclusions regarding the nature of that relationship. Recent advancements in digital technology have breathed new life into this question as more detailed analyses are now possible. This presentation seeks to demonstrate how these new digital tools have been used to shed light on the nature of this relationship, which has eluded scholars for centuries. Based on an analysis of full electronic transcriptions of the Greek texts of these manuscripts in Romans, Galatians, Ephesians and 1 Timothy, it can now be shown that the Greek text of Codex Augiensis was copied directly from Codex Boernerianus and has thus stood as an Abschrift (a direct copy) in plain sight. These findings indicate that, as a copy of an existing manuscript, Codex Augiensis should no longer be cited in critical editions of the Greek New Testament.
