So much posting about iota or sigma seems to ignore the probability that what was penned was penned by Smith or an accomplice and was taken as sigma, as textual context suggests, in Smith's transliteration and translation "with minor corrections," 1958.
Added: remember, those three pages were neither composed nor penned by Clement.
naked or nakeds in the "Letter to Theodore"
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Re: naked or nakeds in the "Letter to Theodore"
One of the other major theories about the pseudo-Clement Letter, besides the Morton Smith origin one, is that a Mar Saba monk sometime more or less in the eighteenth century, copied an earlier, incomplete, manuscript.
Even on that theory, this would be merely a copy (of another copy?), in which (as Charles Murgia long ago suggested) one might reasonably expect copying mistakes. So, even if someone today thinks plural is more likely in the photographs, it could be a mistake, merely. One letter--not necessarily a make or break issue.
Added later: maybe another (small) factor could be that the three pages were inked partly on the last published book sheet and partly on a binding-process paper sheet; potentially different quality papers.(?)
Plus, merely analysis of photos, not the Real McCoy.
Even on that theory, this would be merely a copy (of another copy?), in which (as Charles Murgia long ago suggested) one might reasonably expect copying mistakes. So, even if someone today thinks plural is more likely in the photographs, it could be a mistake, merely. One letter--not necessarily a make or break issue.
Added later: maybe another (small) factor could be that the three pages were inked partly on the last published book sheet and partly on a binding-process paper sheet; potentially different quality papers.(?)
Plus, merely analysis of photos, not the Real McCoy.