Scribal Skips: 1300 Words That Fell Out of the Bible

by Wayne A. Mitchell

In nineteenth century textual criticism of the Bible, two beliefs that became prominent were that insertions of non-original text by scribes were much more numerous than copyist omissions of text, and that the shortest reading among manuscripts was preferable. Since that time, it has become recognized that the most common causes of textual corruption are accidental rather than intentional, and that among the most common accidental scribal errors is haplography. However, the implementation of these discoveries in textual analysis has been remarkably slow. As a result, a substantial number of words have accumulated with evidence of having fallen out of manuscripts, but have not been restored back to the Bible. In Scribal Skips, the author presents a list of verses from Genesis to Revelation with words restored that have evidence of having fallen out of manuscripts from scribal skips. In this 4th edition, over thirty more examples are added.

182 pages, Paperback

Published February 10, 2017

Reviews

[Tena · Rating 4 out of 5]

I won this in a GOODREADS giveaway. This is a not an actual story: this is just pages of sentences and where they were lost, removed, and located. It is EXTREMELY well researched with original translations included. As a reference book, it is small but very informative. Anyone who uses multiple version of The Bible should have this on hand, also.

[Christina · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book is rather more erudite than I was expecting.
The scholarship which has gone into checking through manuscripts, the meanings of words in context, etc. is incredible.
For someone who is looking for in depth textural analysis of the difference each jot and tittle can make, I'm sure it would be helpful. However, to someone whose knowledge of hebrew and new testament greek is enough to get by with, I found myself out of my depth.

[Tracy · Rating 3 out of 5]

(Won this book on Goodreads) This was over my head, way over my head, but the message was interesting. You can tell a lot of research went into this. It seemed like you had to flip back and forth quite a bit to be able to understand the information given. However, the Appendix was really good. I liked how the missing words were highlighted and explained underneath. If the whole book was written in this format I would have enjoyed it more.

[Melinda M · Rating 3 out of 5]

Scribal Skips: 1300 Words That Fell Out of the Bible by Wayne a Mitchell is well researched. It takes a sentence and tells when it was left out and where it was located. It goes back to the original language and translations.

I received a copy thru a Goodreads Giveaway.

[Ruth · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a scholarly book with Hebrew transcriptions, other ancient histories indications by biblical research codes. Not what I anticipated but great for language scholars. This was a free book for the review and I have no connection to anyone. Probably great for scholars but general readers.

[Robin]

Very well researched. Good reference.

[Susan · Rating 4 out of 5]

I won this book through Goodreads. Very interesting ideas and lots of things to try. Recommend.