NA28 Use ... or where in the blank do I find this text?

I'm probably not following along.  Maybe like you, I was checking Beloved's statement about apocrypha/pseudepigrapha.

Agreed there's no bottom footnotes for the asterisks. I got to the problem:

- Power Lookup which is pretty messy (formatting)

- Search; the footnotes(!) for NA28 to count each apo/pseud.  I wouldn't say 'rare', but indeed infrequent.

I thought this came up last year; I don't remember if the answer was satisfying or not from FL.

Now, Beloved. First, I'm smiling. And second, I'm impressed with your scientific credentials. But 2% and rare? Followed by, appropriateness (ie an environment less favorable to the comparative measure).

I will say, NA28 does appear to correctly not use post-NT apo/pseud examples but that's just an impression.

Added from your edit:

Ok, now, I'm lost! I can find Sirach, P-Sol, various DSS Testaments, etc. Maybe I'm misunderstanding!

Is the Apparatus the standard?

Really not sure (in NA28, footnotes vs apparatus).  I was analyzing the NA28 footnotes; you too, or apparatus?

The whole subject of allusion is fraught with mysticism, especially in low-sample mss environments.  If Paul's greek closely matches a Wisdom passage, did he or didn't he allude?  Maybe the passage was common jewsih thought/language by Paul's time (almost centuries). 

That's why the above book I didn't recommend is so interesting.  Instead of looking 'backward' (NT > apo/pseud), it tends to look forward relative to jewish culture assumed or created.

According to a label Intertext search, Paul alluded only once, the rest were Echos (6x).

It's interesting, the other alluder (closer to quoter) is Jude, with the problem of an inspired Enoch?  Of course, only those exact words is the apologetic.  But the bigger problem is Jude presenting Enoch as written by Enoch.  Older than Moses.

• NA28 on * displays related passages.
• I set the book to show footnotes and 1 column to no effect -- obviously because they are shown to be from the apparatus
• I open the NA28 Apparatus to the passage; the text lacks the related passages.
• I set the book to show footnotes and 1 column and get footnotes but not with the data I am looking for.
• I use a Find only to get no results which implies the text must be in footnotes (which I just ruled out above).
• So how do I see these "footnotes"?

While the discssion has been interesting, I am still no closer to being able to read these footnotes on a page of the text which was the original question.

OK, MJ, I wasn't prepared to answer this question, but wanted to answer your question from the thread from which we began our discussion. My fault. I will attempt to address your concern here.

One thing I notice is that all the footnote text appears in the introduction. There is no reference in the NA28 Bible text nor does it occur in the Apparatus. So, we are left to read the introduction or utilize the Concordance to access this text. 

While the discussion has been interesting, I am still no closer to being able to read these footnotes on a page of the text which was the original question.

The only reference / explanation to these cross references seem to be found in the "Introduction > IV > 1" section of the "NA28 NT" resource.


In the print edition, these cross references are found in the outer column of a page.

In the Logos edition, these cross reference from that portion in the outer column are linked by " * " and display with mouse cursor over *.
It seems that the mention of "NA28 Apparatus" as source is somewhat confusing because many of us think of "NA29 Critical Apparatus"; actually these references from the outer page column are part of the "Apparatus" but not of the "Critical Apparatus".