Athetesis
Athetese (from the Greek ἀθέτησις , derived verb athetieren , ἀθετεῖν ) is a technical term used in philology and textual criticism and describes the rejection of a text passage that is judged to be false by a critical editor (e.g. as a later addition or interpolation ). In an athetesis, the discarded text passage is either left in the text by the editor, but marked as discarded by a critical auxiliary sign such as the obelus ("obeliert"), or it is eliminated from the text when it is reproduced and then in modern times in one critical apparatus listed.
In Greek, the word also means the cancellation of a contract, based on this meaning in the Christian tradition then also the cancellation of sins by Jesus ( Hebr . 9:26).
literature
- William Barclay: New Testament Words , Westminster Press, Louisville (Kentucky) 1974, p. 124
- August Graefenhahn: History of classical philology in antiquity , Volume II, HB König, Bonn 1844, p. 90ff.
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Wiktionary: Athetese - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations
