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Mark 8
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mark.8.m8Dalmanutha
Δαλμανουθά / Μαγαδά(ν) / Μαγδαλά
TEXTTRANSLATIONmoderate confidence
Where does Jesus land after the feeding?
Dalmanutha is the difficult and strongly supported name. Other witnesses replace it with Magadan or Magdala, likely attempts to identify an unfamiliar location.
Why this default
Dalmanutha is default because it is the difficult name preserved by the strongest early witnesses. The geographically familiar alternatives are readily explained as scribal identification attempts.
Evidence
ExternalDalmanutha: א, B, L, Δ and important early versions; Magadan/Mageda: C and related witnesses; Magdala: later Greek and versional streams.
InternalAn unknown place name invites replacement by a recognizable location; independent invention of Dalmanutha is harder to explain.
Project defaultthe region of Dalmanutha
Project default · difficult early name
WitnessesΔαλμανουθά · א, B, L, Δ, early versionsAlternativethe region of Magadan
Ancient alternative
WitnessesΜαγαδά/Μαγεδά · C and related witnessesAlternativethe region of Magdala
Later familiarized location
WitnessesΜαγδαλά · later Greek and versional supportAlternativethe region of [Dalmanutha/Magadan/Magdala]
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