WHAT DOES A TEXTUAL CORRECTION REVEAL? Cover Image

НА ЧТО УКАЗЫВАЕТ ИСПРАВЛЕННЫЙ ТЕКСТ?
WHAT DOES A TEXTUAL CORRECTION REVEAL?

Author(s): Pavel Butakov
Subject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, Philosophy, History of Church(es), Special Branches of Philosophy, Theology and Religion, Philosophy of Religion, History of Religion
Published by: Новосибирский государственный университет
Keywords: New Testament; textual criticism; Byzantine type; Alexandrian type; thoroughgoing eclecticism; Eucharist; early church history;

Summary/Abstract: Available manuscripts of Paul’s First Epistle to the Corinthians have a variant reading of Jesus’ words at the Last Supper in 11:24. The longer reading contains “take, eat” while the shorter reading does not. The two readings have a noticeable difference in meaning. The longer one highlights the individual value of the Eucharist; the shorter version, however, favors its institutional significance. The existence of both readings can be interpreted as a witness to an ideological dynamics in the early church. Depending on which of the two readings is considered prior, the church history would be seen either as an increase of clerical authority, or as an increase of value of the individual.

  • Issue Year: X/2016
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 583-591
  • Page Count: 9
  • Language: Russian