tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1422436361758828244.post1919472293149135199..comments2022-04-01T07:15:17.731-04:00Comments on The Nazaroo Zone: Later dates for MSS: Codex W = 700 CE, P52 = II-III centNazaroohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03584331774685466296noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1422436361758828244.post-37645911801954161152011-09-06T12:21:51.776-04:002011-09-06T12:21:51.776-04:00Paleography cannot assign an exact date, but it ca...Paleography cannot assign an exact date, but it can give a range of probability. The range of probability for p52 is bounded on the early end by the composition of the autograph, and on the later end could be contemporaneous with several other papyri of John. So there are no grounds, paleographically speaking, for making p52 out to be extra-special. We can say that it's one of the earliest mss of John and leave it at that.<br />Now in regards to W, I very much favour moving up the date. That doesn't detract from the clear fact, though, that W preserves a very early text--at least in parts, as it's quite a hodgepodge textually speaking. It still stands as a witness to the standard ending of Mark going back to the earliest textual strata, and helps us fill in the conjectured text of p45 where the latter is inextant.The White Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06732782601569135839noreply@blogger.com