In:
Novum Testamentum, Brill, Vol. 57, No. 1 ( 2015-12-12), p. 20-41
Abstract:
The four canonical gospels present the consistent sequence ἀλέκτωρ + φωνέω for the cock’s crow in Peter’s actual denial and its prediction by Jesus. The compound ἀλεκτοροφωνία in Mark 13:35 is the only alternative lexeme for the cock’s crow and, due to its single occurrence in the Greek Bible a hapax legomenon . In this study I follow up the variae lectiones in Matt 26:34 and 26:75, where the compound is backed by considerable and distinguished textual witnesses. By means of a validation of the attestation of these variae lectiones in the established critical editions of the New Testament it will be shown that their representation is often insufficient and incomplete. A speculative scenario will be created on the basis of the quality of the attestation of ἀλεκτοροφωνία in Matt 26:34 and 26:75 in order to make the compound plausible as the original reading. In addition, all this relativizes the importance and validity of the term hapax legomenon .
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
0048-1009
,
1568-5365
DOI:
10.1163/15685365-12341463
Language:
Unknown
Publisher:
Brill
Publication Date:
2015
detail.hit.zdb_id:
2036950-5
SSG:
1
