dittography
writing
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copying errors in manuscript creation
- In biblical literature: Types of manuscript errors
Dittography (the picking up of a word or group of words and repeating it) and haplography (the omission of syllables, words, or lines) are errors most apt to occur where there are similar words or syllables involved. In chapter 17, verse 15, of John, in…
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textual criticism of Bible
- In biblical literature: Problems visual in origin
Dittography, the inadvertent duplication of one or more letters or words, also occurs, as in the Dead Sea Scroll text of Isaiah and in the Masoretic text of Ezekiel, for example.
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