A TENTATIVE SEARCH FOR CONFLATION IN THE EPISTLE TO GALATIANS (2:5; 4:14)

T. Dyatlik

Abstract


The article presents a tentative search for conflation in the Epistle to Galatians (2:5; 4:14). The purpose of this article is paving the methodological way for further research into conflation by the tentative search for candidates for conflation in the Epistle to Galatians. The variant «οις ουδε» is not a conflation of «οις» and «ουδε», since it is the primary reading from which the two other variants originated.  Nevertheless, taking into consideration probable scribal and patristic grammatical impovements or doctrinal alterations, the history of the transmission seems to exhibit the transmissional phenomenon of difflation. The variant «μου τον» is not a conflation of «μου» and «τον». In the tentative conclusion there have been indicated several factors to be considered on which the variant «υμων τον» can be supposed to be a conflation of the primary reading «υμων» and the variant «τον». 

Key words: conflation, Epistle to Galatians, New Testament, Corpus Paulinum manuscript.  


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DOI: https://doi.org/10.26886/2520-7474.3(29)2018.5

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