Things Hidden, p. 188 -- Mimetic Theory and Literary Study

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Date Posted: 18:00:43 02/24/08 Sun
Author: Jonathan Dunn
Subject: Things Hidden, p. 188

On page 188 of Things Hidden Girard makes an interesting statement:

"Because they did not grasp this intention, Mark and Luke, or some scribes, allowed the element of dialogue to drop out, thinking it to be insignificant. On consideration, it turns out instead to be crucial.

"As a general rule, these authors remain remarkably faithful to the disconcerting thought of the Gospels. And yet, as we have seen in the example just noted, and as other instances would confirm, minor defects have managed to creep into the text, working their way sometimes into one version and sometimes into another."

He goes on to say that, by emphasizing a misreading of the texts, later scribes and commentators have further enlarged these "original defects."

My question is, what sort of manuscript evidence is there that allows us to identify which portion of the texts contain defects and which do not? Where can we find the "original" thought of the Gospels in order to compare how faithful the texts which we do have are to it?

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