parablepsis

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek παρά (pará, “beside”) and βλέπω (blépō, “to look at”)

Noun

parablepsis (uncountable)

  1. (palaeography) A circumstance in which a scribe miscopies text due to inadvertently looking to the side while copying, or accidentally skips over some of it.

References

  • Ehrman, Bart D. (2005) Misquoting Jesus: The Story Behind Who Changed the Bible and Why, New York, NY: HarperCollins, →ISBN
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