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An Examination of Ehrman’s Case for ὀργισθείς in Mark 1:41

2012; Studiorum Novi Testamenti Societas; Volume: 54; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1163/156853611x593241

1568-5365

Peter J. Williams,

Development, Ethics, and Society

Abstract Bart D. Ehrman has made one of the most detailed cases for the reading ὀργισθείς in Mark 1:41. This critical examination of his arguments and of the text seeks to demonstrate that his presentation, like that of other scholars, has not adequately explored ways by which an original σπλαγχνισθείς could be changed, largely by accident, into ὀργισθείς. It also highlights some of the methodological tensions in Ehrman’s arguments for ὀργισθείς and argues that advocates of ὀργισθείς need to give a plausible explanation for the felicitous fit of σπλαγχνισθείς as both a contextually appropriate and graphically similar word.