Some Western-Text comments

As weekends go we could choose worse than this one for some New Testament readings; so, here's A Journal Of Biblical Textual Criticism, JBTC or TC for short.

Of some interest lately around here is the "Western" tradition sometimes considered misogynic, even -ist. Matteo Grosso notes in Colossians (already suspect as PseudoPauline) a reading on whether 3:11 owns ἄρσεν καὶ θῆλυ (pdf). Many accepted this phrase: including in the Latin tradition Ambrose, Jerome, Augustine.

I do not find where Tertullian notes this side of Colossians; for instance he stops short of this (third) chapter in Marcion's text. Bezae Cantabrigiensis D^ea/05 and E^a/08, as the superscripts inform us, didn't Paul. 1884 also went unmentioned in the Grosso paper. I think these would have omitted ἄρσεν καὶ θῆλυ in the Paul they accepted. These do share Acts: Katrin Maria Landefeld (pdf) sees Bezae 05 as tacking a course from the original to which 08 and 1884 are faithful copies. This finetunes Pasi Hyytiäinen on Acts 5:38-9 (pdf) then overall Acts 5 (pdf); both authors swear by a Coherence-Based Genealogical Method (now Leonardo Pessoa da Silva Pinto, pdf).

Among Pauline codices: Claromontanus D^p/06, F^p/10, and G^p/12 include ἄρσεν καὶ θῆλυ. Just before making Nympha a man in 4:15. I am hereby finetuning Hyytiäinen further, that the "D-Cluster" shall be Bezae's cluster only, with Claromontanus' group treated separately.

... much like Hyytiäinen finds of the Alexandrine "B-Cluster" which - he reports - owns a "1739" subgroup. Of interest Jennifer Wyant (pdf) sees 𝔓⁷⁵, with the classic Alexandrines 𝔓⁴⁵ and even Vaticanus B/03, doing a sexism to Luke 10:38b's Martha not picked up in any Western text. Martha owns her house in Bezae yea even unto Claromontanus.

JOOS 4/12: okay... Bezae might be Marcionist. Stick with 08/1884?