VarNT (Variant Readings of the New Testament)

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Darek
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VarNT (Variant Readings of the New Testament)

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This official module of TheWord propably makes some problems. I found that the reference of "D" (Bezae) manuscript indicates bad information on tooltip and linking to bad position, i.e. other "D" (Claromontanus). Is it?
Official web page (laparola) indicate D-Bezae, for example in Matthew 1:20
http://www.laparola.net/greco/index.php,
Pay attention to see manuscripts:
- "Options: View the variant readings: yes",
- and see the list of manuscripts (link to section "All the manuscripts")
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Re: VarNT (Variant Readings of the New Testament)

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This is due to ambiguity in the source material. Notice that both Bezae Cantabrigiensis and Claromontanus are identified as D in the manuscript list.
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Re: VarNT (Variant Readings of the New Testament)

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It appears the first D is primarily the gospels and acts: Bezae cantabrigiensis
And the second D more to the epistles: Claromontanus

However this may be hard to extract out in the automation process of creating the module. Since it is mainly identified as D

Hopefully someday the names of these manuscripts will be adjusted but if it happens then this will affect older books.
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Re: VarNT (Variant Readings of the New Testament)

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Thank you for the answers. I know it is difficult to create automatic module when manuscript "D" actually are 3 different ones (perhaps this problem is also true for other mss). I've found another way to see correct versions. On the http://www.laparola.net/greco/index.php is a link to download an offline version of the file, as a CHM file.
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Re: VarNT (Variant Readings of the New Testament)

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Jonathan is right, we'd have to match the scope of each manuscript to get the correct one for a particular verse. This may be doable. I'll look into that.
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