Lesson 02
Col. 1:3-8
Greek Text Apparatus
UBS 4th rev ed
last revised: 12/26/04

1:3 1:7

WORKSHEET FOR TEXTUAL VARIANT ANALYSIS[1]

PASSAGE: 1:3

APPARATUS USED: UBS 4th rev ed
CLASSIFICATION OF WITNESSES
Variant
Readings
Alexandrian
(Aland I-II)
Western
(Aland IV)
Unclassified
(Aland III)
Byzantine
(Aland V)
 qew/' patriv 
 

qew/' kai; patriv 
 
 

       

EVALUATION OF EXTERNAL EVIDENCE

Church Fathers: List --- Map

1. Date.

 
2. Geographical Distribution.
 
3. Textual Relationships.
Summary of the External Evidence
EVALUATION OF THE INTERNAL EVIDENCE

1. Transcriptional Probabilities, i.e. what scribes likely did when copying the N.T.

(1) Shorter/Longer Reading.

(2) Reading Different from Parallel.

(3) More Difficult Reading.

(4) Reading Which Best Explains Origin of Other(s).

2.Intrinsic Probabilities, i.e. what the author himself likely wrote.

Summary of Internal Evidence

CONCLUSION

 

WORKSHEET FOR TEXTUAL VARIANT ANALYSIS[1]

PASSAGE: 1:7

APPARATUS USED: UBS 4th rev ed
Variant
Readings
Alexandrian
(Aland I-II)
Western
(Aland IV)
Unclassified
(Aland III)
Byzantine
(Aland V)
 uJmw'n 
 

hJmw'n
 
 

       

EVALUATION OF EXTERNAL EVIDENCE

Church Fathers: List --- Map

1. Date.

 
2. Geographical Distribution.
 
3. Textual Relationships.
 
 
Summary of the External Evidence

EVALUATION OF THE INTERNAL EVIDENCE

1. Transcriptional Probabilities, i.e. what scribes likely did when copying the N.T.

(1) Shorter/Longer Reading.

(2) Reading Different from Parallel.

(3) More Difficult Reading.

(4) Reading Which Best Explains Origin of Other(s).

2.Intrinsic Probabilities, i.e. what the author himself likely wrote.

Summary of Internal Evidence

CONCLUSION

 

[1] Guidelines prepared by Dr. James Brooks for use in textual critical analysis of the Greek text. Used by permission. For details on filling in the sections of this worksheet, see the handout EVALUATION OF VARIOUS READINGS ACCORDING TO THE THEORY OF RATIONAL ECLECTICISM.

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