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ynquirer · 02-11-2006, 11:55 AM

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Originally Posted by Vinnie

What is half of zero?

Zero? I’d say that JoyJuice has scored a direct hit on a notorious slip by Wikipedia. Those slips are almost impossible to eradicate from any written text, however many times revised.

Steven Avery · 02-11-2006, 02:11 PM

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Originally Posted by ynquirer

Zero? I’d say that JoyJuice has scored a direct hit on a notorious slip by Wikipedia.

Vinnie wasn't disagreeing, he was commenting on "Half of the discovered texts before the 2nd century". Mark 1:1 has been found in half of zero 1st century texts.

Calling the slip notorious may be a bit of an overstatement. Maybe half-notorious.

ynquirer · 02-12-2006, 05:57 AM

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Originally Posted by C.S.Carlson

If you're limiting it to the first MS including Mark 1:1, then you're right that the earliest surviving MS with 1:1 is Aleph/01 (or the contemporary Vaticanus/B, depending on how they're dated relative to each other).

This is more precise a way to state the point, Stephen. Thanks a lot.

ynquirer · 02-12-2006, 05:59 AM

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Originally Posted by praxeus

Vinnie wasn't disagreeing, he was commenting on "Half of the discovered texts before the 2nd century". Mark 1:1 has been found in half of zero 1st century texts.

I didn’t mean he was disagreeing. It seemed to me that he was teasing. I just tried to follow the joke:

Question: What is half of zero?

Answer (hesitantly): Zero?

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Calling the slip notorious may be a bit of an overstatement. Maybe half-notorious.

A notorious slip after JoyJuice spotted it, not even half-notorious but absolutely veiled before s/he did.

Mike Rosoft · 02-14-2006, 12:27 AM

Thanks for catching the error. I have brought it to attention of other editors. (Perhaps one of the experts here could correct it?)

Mike Rosoft

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