John's Gospel

1 - Foreword [Seite 5]
2 - Abbreviations [Seite 14]
3 - Chapter I: Introduction and summary [Seite 15]
3.1 - 1. Project summary [Seite 15]
3.1.1 - a. Central argument [Seite 15]
3.1.2 - b. Project limitations [Seite 15]
3.1.3 - c. Genealogy and chance [Seite 16]
3.2 - 2. Summary of contents [Seite 17]
3.2.1 - a. Text and translation, chapters 2-3 [Seite 17]
3.2.2 - b. Manuscripts and traditions, chapters 4-5 [Seite 17]
3.2.3 - c. Interrelation of the Coptic versions, chapter 6 [Seite 18]
3.2.4 - d. Conclusions and considerations, chapter 7 [Seite 19]
3.3 - 3. Method [Seite 19]
3.3.1 - a. Statistics [Seite 19]
3.3.2 - b. Terminology and citation [Seite 20]
3.3.3 - c. Minimalism [Seite 21]
4 - Chapter II: Translation technique [Seite 23]
4.1 - 1. Recent scholarship in literalism and translation technique [Seite 23]
4.1.1 - a. Linguistics [Seite 23]
4.1.2 - b. Septuagint studies [Seite 24]
4.2 - 2. The Sahidic and Classical Bohairic compared with the NA27 [Seite 26]
4.2.1 - a. Data collection [Seite 26]
4.2.2 - b. Normal deviation in the Greek tradition [Seite 27]
4.2.3 - c. Deviation between the NA27 and the Sahidic and Classical Bohairic New Testament [Seite 29]
4.2.4 - d. Summary of results: Coptic and Greek equivalency in John's gospel [Seite 35]
4.3 - 3. .a., e.te, te :: ..., ..-, .. [Seite 36]
4.3.1 - a. The .a. word group [Seite 36]
4.3.2 - b. Past tense, conjunctive, and circumstantial-relative asyndeton [Seite 38]
4.3.3 - c. Coordinate conjunctions [Seite 40]
4.3.4 - d. Intensive and emphatic .a. [Seite 40]
4.3.5 - e. Disjunctive asyndeton [Seite 42]
4.3.6 - f. Paraphrase/transmission [Seite 42]
4.3.7 - g. Other [Seite 43]
4.3.8 - h. Coptic .a. equivalents with no counterpart in the NA27 [Seite 43]
4.4 - 4. Other Coptic particles [Seite 43]
4.4.1 - a. d. :: .. [Seite 43]
4.4.2 - b. ..d., ..te, µ.d., µ.te :: ...., ...., (....), .... [Seite 45]
4.4.3 - c. µ.. :: ... [Seite 45]
4.4.4 - d. ... :: ../... [Seite 46]
4.4.5 - e. ... :: ... [Seite 47]
4.4.6 - f. p.... :: .., ..... .., ..... [Seite 47]
4.4.7 - g. .... :: .... [Seite 47]
4.5 - 5. Further instances of translational variation [Seite 48]
4.5.1 - a. Names [Seite 49]
4.5.2 - b. Demonstrative pronouns [Seite 49]
4.5.3 - c. Phonetic assimilation [Seite 50]
4.5.4 - d. Infixes and number [Seite 50]
4.5.5 - e. Stock phrases [Seite 51]
4.5.6 - f. Ellipsis [Seite 52]
4.5.7 - g. Distribution change [Seite 52]
4.5.8 - h. Assimilation and memorization [Seite 52]
4.5.9 - i. Amelioration [Seite 53]
4.6 - 6. Conclusions on translation technique [Seite 53]
4.6.1 - a. Consistency and style in the Coptic versions [Seite 53]
4.6.2 - b. Coincidental agreement between Coptic and expansionistic Greek witnesses [Seite 56]
4.6.3 - c. Guidelines for Greek textual criticism [Seite 57]
5 - Chapter III: Translation languages and citation method [Seite 59]
5.1 - 1. The linguistic unity of the Coptic dialects [Seite 59]
5.1.1 - a. Result clauses [Seite 60]
5.1.2 - b. Vocabulary [Seite 60]
5.1.3 - c. Temporalization [Seite 61]
5.1.4 - d. Focalization [Seite 61]
5.1.5 - e. Summary of dialectal difference [Seite 62]
5.2 - 2. Greek-Coptic linguistic equivalence [Seite 62]
5.2.1 - a. Articles [Seite 63]
5.2.2 - b. Voice [Seite 63]
5.2.3 - c. Tense and aspect [Seite 63]
5.2.4 - d. Infinitive forms (Coptic conjunctive) [Seite 64]
5.2.5 - e. Indicative and non-indicative moods [Seite 65]
5.2.6 - f. Participles [Seite 66]
5.2.7 - g. Determination [Seite 66]
5.2.8 - h. Possession [Seite 67]
5.2.9 - i. Clauses [Seite 67]
5.2.10 - j. Word order [Seite 68]
5.2.11 - k. Varia [Seite 69]
5.3 - 3. Further Greek-Coptic linguistic equivalence issues [Seite 70]
5.3.1 - a. Definite articles [Seite 70]
5.3.2 - b. Lexical non-equivalence (expansion and compression) [Seite 70]
5.3.3 - c. Greek-Coptic loanwords [Seite 71]
5.4 - 4. Greek-Coptic linguistic equivalence and citation method [Seite 75]
5.5 - 5. Conclusions [Seite 75]
5.5.1 - a. General caveats [Seite 75]
5.5.2 - b. Categorizing variants [Seite 76]
5.6 - 6. An examination of the Coptic (co) citations [Seite 78]
5.6.1 - a. Preliminary remarks [Seite 78]
5.6.2 - b. Category one: manual edition citations [Seite 78]
5.6.3 - c. Category two: specialist edition citations [Seite 83]
5.6.4 - d. Category three: unreliable citations [Seite 89]
5.6.5 - e. Summary of the Coptic citations (co) [Seite 92]
6 - Chapter IV: The Sahidic translation of John's gospel [Seite 93]
6.1 - 1. Introduction to the Sahidic tradition [Seite 93]
6.1.1 - a. Manuscript tradition [Seite 93]
6.1.2 - b. Sahidic: dialect, register or sociolect? [Seite 94]
6.2 - 2. The primary witnesses to John's gospel in Sahidic [Seite 97]
6.2.1 - a. sa1 Mark, [Seite 97]
6.2.2 - b. sa4 [Seite 103]
6.2.3 - c. sa9 [Seite 105]
6.2.4 - d. sa10 [Seite 106]
6.2.5 - e. sa19 [Seite 107]
6.2.6 - f. ly [Seite 108]
6.3 - 3. The evolution of the Sahidic text [Seite 108]
6.3.1 - a. The Schüssler Sahidic evolution hypothesis [Seite 108]
6.3.2 - b. Sahidic variants contradicting the Schüssler hypothesis [Seite 111]
6.3.3 - c. Sahidic variants supporting Schüssler's contention [Seite 112]
6.3.4 - d. Examples of unclear sa1 variants [Seite 113]
6.3.5 - e. Assessing variation in the Sahidic tradition [Seite 114]
6.3.6 - f. sa10 [Seite 114]
6.3.7 - g. Agreements between sa1 and sa10 [Seite 115]
6.3.8 - h. Disagreements between sa1 and sa10 [Seite 116]
6.4 - 4. Conclusions on the evolution of the Sahidic textual tradition [Seite 118]
6.4.1 - a. Manuscript age does not equal textual priority [Seite 118]
6.4.2 - b. sa1,4,5,9,10 and the Lycopolitan do not represent stages in a linear progression [Seite 118]
6.4.3 - c. False affinity due to lack of witnesses [Seite 119]
6.4.4 - d. sa10 [Seite 120]
6.4.5 - e. The Lycopolitan text [Seite 120]
6.5 - 5. Concluding remarks [Seite 121]
6.5.1 - a. Limitations of this study [Seite 121]
6.5.2 - 6. Previous research on the Sahidic textual tradition [Seite 122]
6.5.3 - a. Paul Kahle [Seite 122]
6.5.4 - b. Rodolphe Kasser [Seite 123]
6.5.5 - c. Gonzalo Aranda Pérez [Seite 124]
6.5.6 - d. Anne Boud'hors [Seite 125]
6.5.7 - e. Frank Feder [Seite 125]
6.5.8 - f. Elina Perttilä [Seite 126]
6.6 - 7. An examination of the Sahidic (sa) citations [Seite 126]
6.6.1 - a. Preliminary remarks [Seite 126]
6.6.2 - b. Category one: manual edition citations [Seite 127]
6.6.3 - c. Category two: specialist edition citations [Seite 132]
6.6.4 - d. Category three: unreliable citations [Seite 150]
6.6.5 - e. Summary of the Sahidic citations [Seite 153]
7 - Chapter V: Non-Sahidic witnesses to John's gospel [Seite 155]
7.1 - 1. Lycopolitan John (2:12-3:21 [Seite 155]
7.2 - 2. Achmimic John (.6) [Seite 157]
7.3 - 3. Middle Egyptian Fayumic John (PMich 3521) [Seite 159]
7.3.1 - a. Dialect [Seite 159]
7.3.2 - b. Transcription [Seite 161]
7.4 - 4. Middle Egyptian John (UC71048) [Seite 162]
7.4.1 - a. Provenance [Seite 162]
7.4.2 - b. Transcription [Seite 164]
7.4.3 - c. Script [Seite 165]
7.4.4 - d. Dialect [Seite 166]
7.4.5 - e. Conclusions on Petrie Middle Egyptian fragment [Seite 168]
7.5 - 5. Fayumic John [Seite 170]
7.5.1 - a. Diversity in the Fayumic tradition [Seite 171]
7.5.2 - b. fa 15 (Berlin P. 5569) [Seite 171]
7.5.3 - c. fa 16 (Berlin P. 5542) [Seite 172]
7.5.4 - d. fa 6 (CM 3890, BL Or. 5707 and CM 3827) [Seite 172]
7.5.5 - e. fa 17 (IFAO inv. 218) [Seite 178]
7.5.6 - f. fa 18(K 54) [Seite 178]
7.5.7 - g. fa 19(K 10112) [Seite 178]
7.5.8 - h. fa 7 [Seite 179]
7.5.9 - i. fa 20 (K 3) [Seite 179]
7.5.10 - j. fa 21 (K 3275, 2583, 3274 [2862, 2865]) [Seite 180]
7.6 - 6. Early Bohairic John (P.Bodm. 3) [Seite 181]
7.6.1 - a. Early Bohairic manuscripts [Seite 182]
7.6.2 - b. Non-biblical Early Bohairic [Seite 184]
7.6.3 - c. Peculiarities of P.Bodm. 3 [Seite 185]
7.7 - 7. Classical Bohairic John [Seite 188]
7.7.1 - a. Greek-Bohairic language contact [Seite 188]
7.7.2 - b. Classical Bohairic manuscript tradition [Seite 190]
7.7.3 - c. Reflections on the Classical Bohairic and textual criticism [Seite 190]
7.8 - 8. Conclusions on non-Sahidic manuscripts of Coptic John [Seite 193]
7.8.1 - a. The Minor dialects and textual criticism [Seite 193]
7.8.2 - b. The Bohairic tradition and textual criticism [Seite 194]
7.8.3 - c. Overview of the manuscripts [Seite 195]
8 - ChapterVI: Interversional history [Seite 197]
8.1 - 1. Prior scholarship on Coptic interversional relationships [Seite 197]
8.1.1 - a. The Lycopolitan and Achmimic texts (Thompson, Bellet, Böhlig and Till) [Seite 197]
8.1.2 - b. The Fayumic New Testament (Kahle) [Seite 198]
8.1.3 - c. The Coptic versions of John (Kasser) [Seite 199]
8.1.4 - d. John 10:1-18 in six Coptic dialects (Mink) [Seite 200]
8.1.5 - e. Middle Egyptian Pauline epistles (Orlandi) [Seite 200]
8.1.6 - f. Fayumic Mark (Aranda Perez) [Seite 201]
8.1.7 - g. Achmimic Exodus (Nagel) [Seite 201]
8.1.8 - h. Achmimic and Fayumic New Testament (Funk) [Seite 202]
8.1.9 - i. Fayumic Ecclesiastes, 1 John and 1 Peter (Kasser/Schenke) [Seite 203]
8.1.10 - j. Middle Egyptian Matthew and Acts (Schenke) [Seite 203]
8.1.11 - k. Lamentations in Sahidic, Bohairic and Fayumic (Feder) [Seite 204]
8.2 - 1. Conclusions on interversional research [Seite 204]
8.3 - 2. Method in analyzing interversional agreement [Seite 205]
8.3.1 - a. The textual instability of particles and infixes [Seite 206]
8.3.2 - b. Word order [Seite 206]
8.3.3 - c. Word choice [Seite 207]
8.3.4 - d. Coincidental agreement [Seite 207]
8.3.5 - e. Paraphrases and transformations [Seite 208]
8.3.6 - f. Conclusions concerning interdialectal similarities [Seite 208]
8.4 - 3. John's gospel in Lycopolitan and Sahidic [Seite 209]
8.4.1 - a. Shared Lycopolitan-Sahidic translational features [Seite 211]
8.4.2 - b. Lycopolitan and Sahidic have prominent differences [Seite 218]
8.4.3 - c. Conclusions on the Lycopolitan-Sahidic relationship [Seite 221]
8.5 - 4. John's gospel in Early and Classical Bohairic [Seite 223]
8.5.1 - a. Translational changes [Seite 223]
8.5.2 - b. Early-Classical Bohairic agreements [Seite 223]
8.5.3 - c. Early Bohairic shares qualities with both Sahidic and Classical Bohairic [Seite 229]
8.5.4 - d. Early Bohairic has Sahidic readings [Seite 230]
8.5.5 - e. Early and Classical Bohairic differ [Seite 233]
8.5.6 - f. The Early Bohairic and the Sahidic versions [Seite 248]
8.5.7 - g. The Early and Classical Bohairic versions [Seite 249]
8.6 - 5. John's gospel in Middle Egyptian Fayumic [Seite 250]
8.6.1 - a. Middle Egyptian Fayumic agrees with the Sahidic [Seite 250]
8.6.2 - b. Middle Egyptian Fayumic is independent [Seite 252]
8.6.3 - c. Middle Egyptian Fayumic agrees with Bohairic [Seite 252]
8.6.4 - d. Conclusions [Seite 253]
8.7 - 6. John's gospel in Fayumic [Seite 254]
8.7.1 - a. Stability of the Fayumic tradition [Seite 254]
8.7.2 - b. BL Or. 5707 and . 10112 [Seite 254]
8.7.3 - c. Agreements between BL Or. 5707 and Borgia Copt 109 csc.2 fsc. 2 [Seite 255]
8.7.4 - d. Fayumic-Sahidic agreements (BL Or. 5707) [Seite 256]
8.7.5 - e. Fayumic-Bohairic agreements [Seite 257]
8.7.6 - f. Fayumic independence [Seite 258]
8.7.7 - g. Summary of Fayumic relationships [Seite 260]
8.8 - 7. John's gospel in Achmimic [Seite 261]
8.8.1 - a. Achmimic agrees with Sahidic [Seite 261]
8.8.2 - b. Achmimic is independent [Seite 262]
8.8.3 - c. Achmimic agrees with Bohairic [Seite 263]
8.8.4 - d. Conclusions [Seite 263]
8.9 - 8. John's gospel in Middle Egyptian [Seite 264]
8.10 - 9. Summary of the Coptic versional family in John's gospel [Seite 264]
8.10.1 - a. Method and objectivity [Seite 264]
8.10.2 - b. Summary of Coptic John relationships [Seite 265]
9 - Chapter VII: Coptic citation and textual criticism [Seite 267]
9.1 - 1. Project Summary [Seite 267]
9.2 - 2. Relevance to early Coptic literature [Seite 268]
9.3 - 3. Future research [Seite 269]
10 - Plates [Seite 271]
11 - Bibliography [Seite 277]
12 - Index of biblical references (NT, John) [Seite 297]
13 - Index of names [Seite 302]