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homeoteleuton: a standalone construct

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Textual criticism

a copying error in which the scribe's eye skips from one line ending to a similar ending, omitting the text between.

In textual criticism, homeoteleuton refers to a copying error in which the scribe's eye skips from one line ending to a similar ending, omitting the text between. 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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