Subtraction and addition...
Subtraction and addition...
Originally posted by Jaltus
<shakes his head>
My point, oh prognosticators and judges of myself, was that Servitus was tried according to the laws of the town and BANISHED! He was told that he would be killed upon returning, and the man BROKE THE LAW BY RETURNING!
Thanks for bringing that to light, Jaltus.
And it's a classic example of what happens
when you fail to look at all the facts. The details left out tend to gang up and leave teeth marks in your glutes.
And, while I have your attention
(Solly, you might want to read this, too), I've done some more work into getting to the bottom of this "Unrevidiert" problem I came across with the Luther 1545 versions found online.
A Dr. Michael Bolsinger seems to be the source for a lot of the electronic texts (found at luther-bibel-1545.de, a few other sites, and used in Bible programs like the Sword Project and Elbiwin). Now, I discovered that his source document is the 1545 printed by Hans Lufft in Wittenberg. That is the
exact version I have on my shelf.
If that is the case, then my question is, how can he honestly advertise his text as "unrevised," when it seems he has deliberately
added a verse (1. John 5:7)
not found in the original?
I sent him an email asking, politely, for an explanation for this. I'll let you guys know what sort of response I get.
He's also done some other changes as well, for example, In the
original, Mt. 8:12, 22:13, and 25:30 leave out the "outmost darkness" found in Luther versions before and after the 1545. He revises them to conform with the other versions. This flat-out disqualifies the text he presents as "unrevised," from what I've gathered so far.
Please keep in mind that my big issue is integrity in scholarship. Whether or not 1 John 5:7
should belong in the Bible is another debate entirely. The main concern I have here is over transmitting, accurately, what
was actually found in Luther's 1545.
jth