Question about nomina sacra

[DCHindley]

Is there a complete list of nomina sacra in early Christian texts? Browsing through the Sinaiticus, you find some unexpected things. ...

Mark 8:19 ιβ the "Twelve" is nomina sacra.

Actually, that is the number "12" (ι = 10 + β = 2) as opposed to δώδεκα which is the word that means "twelve."

DCH

[andrewcriddle]

"ει ο χϲ ο υϲ του θυ · you are the Christ, Son of Theos" is pretty interesting in Mark 8:29 because of course "Son of Theos" is missing from 1:1 in the earliest manuscripts. The theologians often use this as evidence of Mark's supposedly "low Christology." How do they explain 8:29?

It is an assimilation of Mark 8:29 to Matthew 16:16 found in Sinaiticus and a few other manuscripts.

Andrew Criddle