Comments on: Heresy Hunting in SBL Forum

By: Lon Willis

Lon Willis — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 23:14:50 +0000

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By: Tony

Tony — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 13:40:50 +0000

Sorry Peter, I accidentally wrote Lentulus instead of the Laodiceans, which is found in some Biblical Mss including (from Elliott, The Apocryphal New Testament): Fuldensis, Cavensis, and Ardmachanus.

By: Peter Head

Peter Head — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 22:49:05 +0000

You will have to help me on ‘the biblical manuscripts that contain the Letter of Lentulus’. Which ones are these?

By: Tony

Tony — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 18:14:53 +0000

The best examples are Codex Siniaticus and Codex Alexandrinus (though the extra texts in these Mss may not have been considered “censured” in their time and place). Also, consider the biblical manuscripts that contain the Letter of Lentulus. And there are numerous examples of Mss which combine apocryphal texts, excerpts from biblical texts, and other materials. It is also possible that are early fragmentary texts are from Mss that contain both what are later called “canonical” and “non-canonical” (there’s no way to know, of course, but we should also not assume that it was not possible).

By: Peter Head

Peter Head — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 15:57:31 +0000

Thanks Tony,
Very interesting stuff. I have a question about the manuscript transmission which shows that Christians have combined both accepted and censured texts – what are you thinking of here?(you said: “the fact remains that throughout history Christians have combined both accepted and censured texts in a variety of ways, including art and iconography, popular literature, and manuscript transmission.”)