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Toto · 11-02-2010, 10:35 AM

To make this discussion more productive, I encourage everyone to search this forum for previous threads on this topic in general, such as

The earliest chrestiani inscription

Entering christos chrestos as search terms will bring up many previous discussions.

Thank you.

spin · 11-02-2010, 11:40 AM

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Originally Posted by avi

Ben's excellent web site, which displays, character by character, a precise transliteration of the main section of text (delimited by the three labels, a, b, f) on the largest of the four fragments. Nota bene, that more than 90% of this fragment, a,b,f, is devoted to quoting a passage from Matthew 3: 16-17, and, so far as I can tell, the assessment, that these four fragments belong to AH by "Irenaeus" is based upon fewer than ten Greek symbols:

This last conclusion (so far as you can tell) is actually wrong. The quote from Mt begins in line 3 and goes to line 9. The rest is from Irenaeus.

spin

avi · 11-02-2010, 06:51 PM

To avoid hijacking Pete's thread, I am going to respond to spin's reply at Jay's thread, where the discussion of POxy 3.405, supposedly written by "Irenaeus", continues (perhaps post #60) breathlessly....

avi

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11-02-2010, 10:35 AM	#11
Toto Contributor Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Los Angeles area Posts: 40,549	To make this discussion more productive, I encourage everyone to search this forum for previous threads on this topic in general, such as The earliest chrestiani inscription Entering christos chrestos as search terms will bring up many previous discussions. Thank you.

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avi Veteran Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Location: eastern North America Posts: 1,468	To avoid hijacking Pete's thread, I am going to respond to spin's reply at Jay's thread, where the discussion of POxy 3.405, supposedly written by "Irenaeus", continues (perhaps post #60) breathlessly.... avi

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