26-11-2024, 09:39 AM
A little introduction to paleography and I especially liked the sections discussin scribal errors. This was originally made by Brown university but this version has been adapted to bible studies, but nevertheless has relevancy in VMS world.
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+Errors Caused by Mental Lapse
Transposition of Letters
Explanation
A totally different word can be formed by simply transposing a letter. The results can be
devastating to the meaning of a passage.
Substitution of Synonyms
Explanation
From the moment a scribe read or heard the phrase he was to copy down until he finished
writing it out, there was a danger that what he held in memory could become distorted in some
way. One way seems to have been writing down a synonym for a word that he was supposed
to copy. In this case, perhaps the scribe was more conscious of the sense of what he was
writing than the exact words themselves.
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+Errors Caused by Mental Lapse
Transposition of Letters
Explanation
A totally different word can be formed by simply transposing a letter. The results can be
devastating to the meaning of a passage.
Substitution of Synonyms
Explanation
From the moment a scribe read or heard the phrase he was to copy down until he finished
writing it out, there was a danger that what he held in memory could become distorted in some
way. One way seems to have been writing down a synonym for a word that he was supposed
to copy. In this case, perhaps the scribe was more conscious of the sense of what he was
writing than the exact words themselves.