{"id":9561,"date":"2023-09-16T08:52:07","date_gmt":"2023-09-16T13:52:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abudinen.com\/blog\/?p=9561"},"modified":"2023-09-16T08:52:07","modified_gmt":"2023-09-16T13:52:07","slug":"byzantine-vs-alexandria-text-type","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abudinen.com\/blog\/2023\/09\/16\/byzantine-vs-alexandria-text-type\/","title":{"rendered":"Byzantine vs Alexandria text type"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The codex contains a nearly complete copy of the LXX<\/a>, including the deuterocanonical<\/a> books (those books not accepted as authoritative by some Christians<\/a>, but accepted by certain Christian denominations<\/a>) 3<\/a> and 4 Maccabees<\/a>, Psalm 151<\/a> and the 14 Odes<\/a>. The Epistle to Marcellinus<\/strong> (attributed to Saint Athanasius<\/a>) and the Eusebian<\/a> summary of the Psalms are inserted before the Book of Psalms (an overview of the Psalms written by the early Christian writer Eusebius of Caesarea<\/a>). It also contains all of the books of the New Testament<\/a>, however the pages containing Matthew 1:1\u201325:5 are not extant. The codex also contains 1 Clement<\/a> (lacking 57:7\u201363; this is a letter attributed to the early Christian writer Clement of Rome<\/a>) and the homily known as 2 Clement<\/a> (up to 12:5a; another letter attributed to Clement of Rome). The books of the Old Testament are thus distributed: Genesis<\/a> \u2013 2 Chronicles (first volume), Hosea<\/a> \u2013 4 Maccabees (second volume), Psalms \u2013 Sirach (third volume).[24]<\/a><\/sup> The New Testament (fourth volume) books are in the order: Gospels<\/a>, Acts of the Apostles<\/a>, General epistles<\/a>, Pauline epistles<\/a> (Hebrews<\/a> placed between 2 Thessalonians<\/a> and 1 Timothy<\/a>), Book of Revelation<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is an appendix marked in the index, which lists the\u00a0Psalms of Solomon<\/a>\u00a0and probably contained more\u00a0apocryphal<\/a>\/pseudepigraphical<\/a>\u00a0books (books written which have been attributed to certain famous people mentioned in the Bible, but likely of unknown authorship), but it has been torn off and the pages containing these books have also been lost.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/sup>Swete, Henry Barclay<\/a>\u00a0(1902).\u00a0An Introduction to the Old Testament in Greek<\/em><\/a>. Cambridge: Macmillan and Co. p.\u00a0125.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Due to damage and lost folios, various passages are missing or have defects:<\/p>\n\n\n\n