Family 13

Family 13, characterized in the Greek text of Nestle -Aland edition with the 13 Sigel, is an extensive and important group of Greek Minuskelhandschriften the New Testament. It is named after minuscule 13 from the 13th century. The text criticism on the basis of different readings a Stemma, thus creating a kind of family tree, in which is found, from which originates a template text. Text families carry special characteristics that differentiate them from other manuscripts and prove that they all come from a single template. For the Family 13 by Nestle -Aland include the 13 lowercase letters, 69, 124, 174, 230, 346, 543, 788, 826, 983, 1689, 1709, or other manuscripts. It was classified in category III. It represents how one family called Caesarean text type that is not recognized by all researchers as a separate text type. The pericope Jesus and the adulteress is located in these manuscripts according to Luke 24:53 and not part of John's Gospel, as it corresponds to the Western text-type.

History of Exploration

Johann Jakob Wettstein was a close relationship 13-69 establish a relationship 13-124 discovered Treschow and Andrew Birch discovered relationships between 69 and 124 William Hugh Ferrar ( 1826-1871 ) presented for the first time the four manuscripts 13, 69, 124 and 346 in a common group and reconstructed from these writings a template with a separate, reach back and text with special readings. From him the family is also called the Ferrar Group. Over time, more manuscripts of the group have been assigned. The recent publications on the subject submitted by Barbara Aland. Some manuscripts in Albania are available only since 2008, the research and probably there are more witnesses to this text family.