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dittography: a standalone construct

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Textual criticism

the scribal error of writing twice what should be written once.

In textual criticism, dittography refers to the scribal error of writing twice what should be written once. This meaning comes from Metzger (1964) in The text of the New Testament.[1]

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References

Metzger, B. M. (1964). The text of the New Testament. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780195161229

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