Among the contributions of Theodore Skeat (1907–2003) to biblical studies are several interesting papers on individual textual variants in New Testament manuscripts. Skeat’s discussion of Matt 6.28, Mark 3.20, 7.3, 16.8, Phil 1.1, and 2 Tim 4.13 is reviewed from the perspective of the significance of these variants for Bible translators. The case of deuteroprōtos in Luke 6.1 is discussed in more detail, and the different possibilities for exegesis and translation are presented.
AlandKurtAlandBarbara. 1987. The Text of the New Testament. Leiden: Brill; Grand Rapids: Eerdmans.
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BDAG = DankerFrederick. 2000. A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature. 3rd ed.Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
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BuchananG. W.WolfeCharles. 1978. “The Second-First Sabbath (Luke 6:1).” Journal of Biblical Literature97: 259–62.
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BurkittF. C.1911. The Gospel History and Its Transmission. 3rd ed.Edinburgh: T&T Clark.
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CharlesworthS. D.2007. “T. C. Skeat, P64+67 and P4, and the Problems of Fibre Orientation in Codicological Reconstruction.” New Testament Studies53/4: 582–604.
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CrossleyJames G.2012. “Halakah and Mark 7.3: ‘with the hand in the shape of a fist.’”New Testament Studies58/1: 57–68.
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HansonAnthony T.1982. The Pastoral Epistles. London: Marshall, Morgan & Scott; Grand Rapids: Eerdmans.
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HeadPeter M.2005. “Is P4, P64 and P67 the Oldest Manuscript of the Four Gospels? A Response to T. C. Skeat.” New Testament Studies51/3: 450–57.
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JongkindDirk. 2006. “‘The Lilies of the Field’ Reconsidered: Codex Sinaiticus and the Gospel of Thomas.” Novum Testamentum48/3: 209–16.
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KnightGeorge W.III. 1992. The Pastoral Epistles. Carlisle: Paternoster; Grand Rapids: Eerdmans.
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MarshallI. Howard. 1999. The Pastoral Epistles. Edinburgh: T&T Clark.
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MetzgerBruce M.1971. A Textual Commentary on the Greek New Testament. London: United Bible Societies. 2nd ed., 1994. Stuttgart: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft; United Bible Societies.
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MetzgerBruceEhrmanBart. 2005. The Text of the New Testament: Its Transmission, Corruption and Restoration. 4th ed.Oxford: Oxford University Press.
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MoultonHarold K.1967. “The Bible Societies’ Greek New Testament: A Symposium. C: The Punctuation Apparatus.” The Bible Translator18/1: 16–19.
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OmansonRoger L.1998. “A Critical Appraisal of the Apparatus Criticus.” The Bible Translator49/3: 301–23.
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OmansonRoger L.2006. A Textual Guide to the UBS Greek New Testament. Stuttgart: German Bible Society.
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ParkerD. C.1997. The Living Text of the Gospels. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
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ParkerD. C.2010. Codex Sinaiticus: The Story of the World’s Oldest Bible. London: British Library; Peabody, MA: Hendrickson.
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PlischUwe-Karsten. 2008. The Gospel of Thomas: Original Text with Commentary. Stuttgart: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft.
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SkeatT. C.2004. The Collected Biblical Writings of T.C. Skeat. Edited by ElliottJ. K.Leiden and Boston: Brill.
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TownerPhilip H.2006. The Letters to Timothy and Titus. Grand Rapids and Cambridge: Eerdmans.
