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The Irony of Samaria: Σαμαρεια / Σαμαρειτης in the Greek NT

The following is a little long for a note, but hopefully fun.There are several ironies in the spelling of Σαμαρεια/Σαμαρια in our Greek texts.Readers of United Bible Societies Greek text and the Nestle Aland text will be familiar with the following spellings:Σαμάρεια (the place), andΣαμαρίτης (a person of the place, male)Σαμαρῖτις (a person of the [...]

By Randall Buth|2017-06-12T21:31:45-07:00September 26th, 2008|ancient Greek, ancient language acquisition, Byzantine text, Koine Greek, Living Koine, NT textual criticism|6 Comments

Textual Criticism and Synoptics, the Case of ευθυς

On the importance of textual criticism in synoptic studies: the case of ευθυς. I have always viewed ευθυς as a nice marker of Matthew's use of Mark. [For the record, I am confident that both were composed in Greek. What of the Hebrew tradition in Papias? I see the Hebrew Matthew of Papias as refering [...]

By Randall Buth|2017-06-12T21:31:45-07:00April 2nd, 2008|Byzantine text, synoptic gospels, textual criticism, ευθυς|Comments Off

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The Irony of Samaria: Σαμαρεια / Σαμαρειτης in the Greek NT

Textual Criticism and Synoptics, the Case of ευθυς

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