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Julian · 09-06-2005, 12:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Ben C Smith

My UBS fourth edition has the Sinaitic Syriac abbreviated as syr with a superscript s. (A superscript[SIZE=1] c is Curetonian, p is Peshitta, ph is Philonexian, h is Harclean, and pal is Palestinian.) The Synopsis Quattuor Evangeliorum, which uses the Nestle-Aland text and protocols, uses the same set of superscripts, but on a base of sy, not syr.

Ben.

Thanks, that what I kinda figured. So, is it correct (it certainly is confusing) to refer to syr superscripted with s as Codex Sinaiticus? Or should it simply be Sinaitic Syriac? The latter seems preferable. I know I am going on and on about this but I have only lately gotten a hold of a UBS4 along with the Aland and Metzger books and I trying to memorize sooo many manuscripts that things like this tend to make my head hurt...

Julian

Ben C Smith · 09-06-2005, 02:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Julian

So, is it correct (it certainly is confusing) to refer to syr superscripted with s as Codex Sinaiticus? Or should it simply be Sinaitic Syriac?

Yes, it can be confusing, but as far as I can tell it is not incorrect. Context is everything. In this thread specifically about the Syriac gospels, Sinaiticus naturally means the Sinaitic Syriac manuscript. In a thread about the Greek gospels, it would mean �?.

Ben.

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