Family Kx

From Textus Receptus

Family K^x is a large group of the New Testament manuscripts. It belongs to the Byzantine text-type as one of the textual families of this group. It has no uncials, no early minuscules, it has only hundreds of minuscules.

Contents 1 Description 2 Members of the family 3 See also 4 References 5 Further reading

Description

The group was discovered by Hermann von Soden and designated by him with symbol K^x. The only distinction von Soden made among K^x members was according to the presence and type of the Pericope adulterae. Due to the massive influence od the group on other groups and its lack of control, the boundaries of group remain blurred.[3] The most problematic is the question, how many K^x readings can be missing and how many surplus readings can be added before a manuscript no longer deserves to be classified as K^x?[3]

The group profiles of K^x proposed by Frederick Wisse are:

• Luke 1:6.34
• Luke 10:(3).15.18.23.(44).57.(60)
• Luke 20:4.13.19.35.50.54.55.57.62.(65)

According to von Soden the group K^x in the 10th century evolved.

The group probably evolved from Family E. The text of the group is not so easy to distinct as groups K^r and K¹. Von Soden included to this group these Kappa manuscripts, which are not classified as K^r or Kⁱ.[3]

The Textus Receptus was created on the basis of the manuscripts of this group.

Members of the family

Codex Seidelianus II, 2, 3, 8, 14, 45, 47, 49, 51, 54, 56, 58, 59, 60, 61, 73, 75, 76, 78, 84, 89, 96, 99, 219, 272, 301, 373, 358, 360, 412, 439, 529, 568, 778, 864, 875, 877, 939, 971, 1069, 1076, 1417, 1452, 1474, 1569, 1671, 1693, 2112, 2217, 2455, 2649.[5]

See also

• Family E
• Family Π
• Family K^r
• Family 1424

References

• 1. H. von Soden Die Schriften, I/2, p. 713.
• 2. H. von Soden Die Schriften, I/2, pp. 734-757.
• 3. F. Wisse, The profile method for the classification and evaluation of manuscript evidence, William B. Eerdmans Publishing, 1982, p. 94.
• 4. H. von Soden Die Schriften, I/2, p. 718.
• 5. F. Wisse, The profile method for the classification and evaluation of manuscript evidence, William B. Eerdmans Publishing, 1982, pp. 95-99.

Further reading

• Hermann von Soden, Die Schriften des Neuen Testaments, in ihrer ältesten erreichbaren Textgestalt hergestellt auf Grund ihrer Textgeschichte, Verlag von Arthur Glaue, Berlin 1902-1910, pp. 713-757.
• F. Wisse, The profile method for the classification and evaluation of manuscript evidence, William B. Eerdmans Publishing, 1982, pp. 94-99.