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To: annalex

So, what the author is saying is that based on a purely linguistic analysis of language and content the fragment is probably a modern forgery. Given that this Harvard professor can give absolutely no provenance for the fragment the probability that this is a fake goes off the charts.


7 posted on 09/25/2012 6:09:51 PM PDT by circlecity
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To: circlecity

“This is most probably the compositional procedure of a modern author who is not a native speaker of Coptic.”


10 posted on 09/25/2012 6:15:35 PM PDT by annalex (fear them not)
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To: circlecity

“So, what the author is saying is that based on a purely linguistic analysis of language and content the fragment is probably a modern forgery.”

An experienced translator can spot such things.


28 posted on 04/18/2014 3:32:43 PM PDT by dsc (Any attempt to move a government to the left is a crime against humanity.)
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