Tuesday, October 8, 2013

Revelation 3:14 "The Codex Sinaiticus"

CODEX SINAITICUS (circa. Middle 4th Century C.E.): “...A handful of singular readings in Sinaiticus make a Christological contribution to the reading of the text. These readings improve the image of Jesus in a substantial way and appear to be consonant with fourth century concerns over the nature of the Son. Such readings include Revelation 3:14, where the scribes alter the universally attested title for Jesus as the “beginning of the creation of God” Gk., ( ἡ ἀρχὴ τῆς κτίσεως τοῦ θεοῦ ) to the “beginning of the church of God” Gk., ( ἡ ἀρχὴ τῆς ἐκκλησίας τοῦ θεοῦ ) – a move that eradicates any notion that Jesus might be on par with the created order{33}...” - (Page 348, Scripture and Traditions: Essays on Early Judaism and Christianity "In Honor of Carl R. Holladay” ; SUPPLEMENTS TO NOVUM TESTAMENTUM 129, By Carl R. Holladay, Patrick Gray, Gail R. O'Day 2008.)

See Revelation 3:14: http://www.codexsinaiticus.org/en/


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