Análisis de la estructura literaria y fijación del texto

Abstract

The author claims attention on the importance of analysis of literaty structures in stablishing the original text. The determination of literary structures, he assures, allows to make a judgement upon its redaction's history (in this way can be seen the heterogeneous elements the text is made of or, on the contrary, its homogeneity); besides, in the case the extant manuscript tradition does offer divergent readings, the analysis of literary, structures can supply elements of judgement in order to support or refuse alternative readings. As a matter of sample, the author analyses the structure of John 1,1-5 and concludes, on the one hand, the redactional unity of 1,1 -2, and, on the other hand, he sees confirmed the reading that punctuates the text after ? ??????? in 1,3.