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The Significance of the Byzantine Text for Textual Criticism Within the Book of Acts.

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正題名/作者:	The Significance of the Byzantine Text for Textual Criticism Within the Book of Acts./
作者:	Siddiqui, Hassan Aziz.
出版者:	Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, : 2021,
面頁冊數:	479 p.
附註:	Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 82-11, Section: A.
Contained By:	Dissertations Abstracts International82-11A.
標題:	Biblical studies. -
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The Significance of the Byzantine Text for Textual Criticism Within the Book of Acts.
Siddiqui, Hassan Aziz.

The Significance of the Byzantine Text for Textual Criticism Within the Book of Acts. - Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2021 - 479 p.

Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 82-11, Section: A.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2021.

This item is not available from ProQuest Dissertations & Theses.

This dissertation seeks to answer the question of whether the Byzantine (Byz) text type has a significant role to play for improving the text of the Acts of the Apostles as found in standard editions of the Greek New Testament (GNT) by means of textual criticism (TC). If evidence indicates that an early form of the Byz text was most probably established within the second century and if its characteristic readings are shown to repeatedly have a mark of originality, such a role would seem to be justified. Chapter 1 discusses the impact that Westcott and Hort's (WH's) 1881 revised Greek New Testament (GNT) had upon the perceived value of the Antiochian (i.e., the Byz) text type. Although most scholars now reject the WH theory of a Byz recension during or near the lifetime of Lucian of Antioch, the alternate process model still tends to assume with WH that the Byz text form had no ancient history of its own, but was merely built upon an Alexandrian (Alex) and Western base. This chapter considers the historical development of TC by looking at several periods of TC starting with Erasmus. Following WH, TC has generally followed one of four pathways: Byz priority, thoroughgoing eclecticism, reasoned eclecticism (usually with Alex priority), and (more recently) reasoned eclecticism that uses MSS from all textual traditions. A realistic transmission theory of the book of Acts favors the fourth approach. It promotes a more circumspect TC because it allows one's theory of transmission across history to impact the usage of text-critical canons and the text-critical canons to inform and improve transmission theory. This dissertation will argue that the still unknown origin of the Byz text should not be used to discount its antiquity and quality. Rather, its variant readings should be evaluated upon the strength of their own combined external and internal evidence. The recognition of what is possibly the most primitive form of a Western text known to date has the potential to assist in the process. When the Byz and the reconstructed text of the "proto-Western" archetype agree, they usually unite to confirm a second-century reading that is potentially original. The individual variants included in that archetype are individually referred to as proto-Western readings (PWRs). The archetype itself is called the PWR archetype/edition.In particular, chapter 2 endeavors to demonstrate the antiquity of the Byz text by successive reverse chronological movements from Codex D et al. to the approximated PWR archetype to the PWR edition's foundation. Overall, the chapter shows the quality of the Byz text by comparing and contrasting it with the readings of the Alex and PWR editions. In the first part, many readings characteristic of the Western Recension (WR) are identified. The WR is partially preserved in each of the following witnesses: Codex D, the Coptic Middle Egyptian (mae), the Syriac Harklensis apparatus (syh**/syhmg), Old Latin MSS such as h and gig, and ancient fathers such as Cyprian, Ephrem of Syria, and Augustine. In the next section, many significant readings of the PWR archetype are considered in terms of their relationship with Western Recension readings (WRRs). The PWR edition can be reconstructed from the evidence of MS 614 and nine other closely related MSS. Numerous examples were provided to illustrate that the PWRs are predominantly more primitive and nearer to the original than those of the WR. Therefore, while the WR appears to have been created within or just prior to the period of AD 150-175, the PWR archetype is estimated to originate from a generation before, in the window of AD 125-150. Next, examples are offered to show how the PWR archetype appears to be built upon an Alex and Byz textual base. By implication, a primitive form of the Byz text, i.e., a proto-Byz archetype, already existed. Following that, evidence is provided to show that the Byz text of Acts demonstrates a tradition of faithful copying. Last of all, the Byz and Alex traditions are compared to show their nearness in essential meaning. Therefore, if the Alex text of Acts is of great value for TC, the Byz must be also.Chapter 3 demonstrates that non-aligned PWRs are nearly always secondary. In support of that conclusion, 146 readings (and others) across eight chapters of Acts were discussed in places where the PWR has deviated from the joint testimony of the ECM/Byz traditions. In terms of alignment, the PWR edition agrees with the Byz text twice as often as it agrees with the Alex text. The significance of this phenomenon comes to light when one considers that Barbara Aland judged the 614-group (i.e., the PWR) archetype as being a second-century source for the WR archetype that derived from it in the first half of the third century. Three explanations were considered for the apparent strong influence of the Byz tradition in the second century. By implication, B. Aland would insist that a relatively pure Alex MS was first infused starting in the second century with PWR edition readings, leading to at least one Alex-PWR mixed-text MS. This compound archetype was then progressively made more and more Byz across many centuries. In contrast, Geer argued that an Alex archetype was, starting from the fourth century, progressively modified to match Byz MSS until about the ninth century. This Alex-Byz mixed-text MS then received an infusion of early PWRs, from an ancient source, somewhere between the ninth and fourteenth centuries. These two viewpoints fail chiefly because they cannot explain the extensive combination of disagreements and agreements that the PWR archetype shares with the Byz text. The author's explanation points to a proto-Byz archetype as the principal source for the PWR archetype in the first half of the second century. An excursus on Acts 7 provides one hypothesis for how the PWR edition could reflect a mixed Alex/Byz text already that early in history. Chapter 4 proposes and uses a "new" text-critical "canon" to be used alongside existing "canons" in order to help discern the original text at places of variation within the book of Acts. While chapter 3 demonstrated that readings isolated to the PWR archetype are nearly always secondary, this chapter indicates that PWRs aligned with either the Alex or Byz tradition are nearly always ancient and very often original. Overall, 167 variant units are discussed in as many case studies. Each variant was placed into one of six categories. The most important ones are Alex text is original (ATO), Byz text is original (BTO), and PWR archetype is original (PAO). The variants were marked as significant (SI), insignificant (INS), or not translatable (NTR). In all, 94 recommended changes to the ECM were offered. A grand total of 85 of these are Byz readings with 70 of them confirmed by the PWR archetype. An additional 5 are PWRs. Chapter 5 offers six important findings from the preceding study of textual variants in Acts: (1) the Byz text provides 85 recommended revisions to the NA28 and ECM editions; (2) the PWR archetype appears to be the best "Western" text; (3) the modern Byz text is better overall than the ancient PWR archetype; (4) all three traditions preserve key evidence toward identifying the original text; (5) ten Lucan but secondary readings deserve more attention; and (6) two conjectures appear necessary. There are two critical implications from these findings. First, the longstanding view of the textual history of Acts that has dismissed the Byz text needs revision. Second, the Byz text is very likely important for other NT books as well. Building upon the conclusion that the Byz text does indeed have a significant role to play for improving the book of Acts by means of textual criticism (TC), the final section submits six ideas for future research.

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This chapter considers the historical development of TC by looking at several periods of TC starting with Erasmus. Following WH, TC has generally followed one of four pathways: Byz priority, thoroughgoing eclecticism, reasoned eclecticism (usually with Alex priority), and (more recently) reasoned eclecticism that uses MSS from all textual traditions. A realistic transmission theory of the book of Acts favors the fourth approach. It promotes a more circumspect TC because it allows one's theory of transmission across history to impact the usage of text-critical canons and the text-critical canons to inform and improve transmission theory. This dissertation will argue that the still unknown origin of the Byz text should not be used to discount its antiquity and quality. Rather, its variant readings should be evaluated upon the strength of their own combined external and internal evidence. The recognition of what is possibly the most primitive form of a Western text known to date has the potential to assist in the process. When the Byz and the reconstructed text of the "proto-Western" archetype agree, they usually unite to confirm a second-century reading that is potentially original. The individual variants included in that archetype are individually referred to as proto-Western readings (PWRs). The archetype itself is called the PWR archetype/edition.In particular, chapter 2 endeavors to demonstrate the antiquity of the Byz text by successive reverse chronological movements from Codex D et al. to the approximated PWR archetype to the PWR edition's foundation. Overall, the chapter shows the quality of the Byz text by comparing and contrasting it with the readings of the Alex and PWR editions. In the first part, many readings characteristic of the Western Recension (WR) are identified. The WR is partially preserved in each of the following witnesses: Codex D, the Coptic Middle Egyptian (mae), the Syriac Harklensis apparatus (syh**/syhmg), Old Latin MSS such as h and gig, and ancient fathers such as Cyprian, Ephrem of Syria, and Augustine. In the next section, many significant readings of the PWR archetype are considered in terms of their relationship with Western Recension readings (WRRs). The PWR edition can be reconstructed from the evidence of MS 614 and nine other closely related MSS. Numerous examples were provided to illustrate that the PWRs are predominantly more primitive and nearer to the original than those of the WR. Therefore, while the WR appears to have been created within or just prior to the period of AD 150-175, the PWR archetype is estimated to originate from a generation before, in the window of AD 125-150. Next, examples are offered to show how the PWR archetype appears to be built upon an Alex and Byz textual base. By implication, a primitive form of the Byz text, i.e., a proto-Byz archetype, already existed. Following that, evidence is provided to show that the Byz text of Acts demonstrates a tradition of faithful copying. Last of all, the Byz and Alex traditions are compared to show their nearness in essential meaning. Therefore, if the Alex text of Acts is of great value for TC, the Byz must be also.Chapter 3 demonstrates that non-aligned PWRs are nearly always secondary. In support of that conclusion, 146 readings (and others) across eight chapters of Acts were discussed in places where the PWR has deviated from the joint testimony of the ECM/Byz traditions. In terms of alignment, the PWR edition agrees with the Byz text twice as often as it agrees with the Alex text. The significance of this phenomenon comes to light when one considers that Barbara Aland judged the 614-group (i.e., the PWR) archetype as being a second-century source for the WR archetype that derived from it in the first half of the third century. Three explanations were considered for the apparent strong influence of the Byz tradition in the second century. By implication, B. Aland would insist that a relatively pure Alex MS was first infused starting in the second century with PWR edition readings, leading to at least one Alex-PWR mixed-text MS. This compound archetype was then progressively made more and more Byz across many centuries. In contrast, Geer argued that an Alex archetype was, starting from the fourth century, progressively modified to match Byz MSS until about the ninth century. This Alex-Byz mixed-text MS then received an infusion of early PWRs, from an ancient source, somewhere between the ninth and fourteenth centuries. These two viewpoints fail chiefly because they cannot explain the extensive combination of disagreements and agreements that the PWR archetype shares with the Byz text. The author's explanation points to a proto-Byz archetype as the principal source for the PWR archetype in the first half of the second century. An excursus on Acts 7 provides one hypothesis for how the PWR edition could reflect a mixed Alex/Byz text already that early in history. Chapter 4 proposes and uses a "new" text-critical "canon" to be used alongside existing "canons" in order to help discern the original text at places of variation within the book of Acts. While chapter 3 demonstrated that readings isolated to the PWR archetype are nearly always secondary, this chapter indicates that PWRs aligned with either the Alex or Byz tradition are nearly always ancient and very often original. Overall, 167 variant units are discussed in as many case studies. Each variant was placed into one of six categories. The most important ones are Alex text is original (ATO), Byz text is original (BTO), and PWR archetype is original (PAO). The variants were marked as significant (SI), insignificant (INS), or not translatable (NTR). In all, 94 recommended changes to the ECM were offered. A grand total of 85 of these are Byz readings with 70 of them confirmed by the PWR archetype. An additional 5 are PWRs. Chapter 5 offers six important findings from the preceding study of textual variants in Acts: (1) the Byz text provides 85 recommended revisions to the NA28 and ECM editions; (2) the PWR archetype appears to be the best "Western" text; (3) the modern Byz text is better overall than the ancient PWR archetype; (4) all three traditions preserve key evidence toward identifying the original text; (5) ten Lucan but secondary readings deserve more attention; and (6) two conjectures appear necessary. There are two critical implications from these findings. First, the longstanding view of the textual history of Acts that has dismissed the Byz text needs revision. Second, the Byz text is very likely important for other NT books as well. Building upon the conclusion that the Byz text does indeed have a significant role to play for improving the book of Acts by means of textual criticism (TC), the final section submits six ideas for future research.
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