Talk:Homeoteleuton

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Though interesting, the contributor fails to show how the example from the Dead Sea Scrolls is a homeoteleuton. What similar words occurred that caused several lines to be skipped? There are many other types of scribal errors: why could it not be one of those? There are other examples that would better serve the purpose. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Seth folkers (talk • contribs) 09:23, 23 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Also, I would like to see a link supporting the assertion that "scholars have been unable to explain this punishment in the context of the Bible." What scholars and why is it difficult to explain, particularly "in the context of the Bible"? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Seth folkers (talk • contribs) 09:30, 23 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

"[...] homeoteleuton has also come to mean a form of copyist error": No, I hope not. Homeoteleuton is not an error in itself but a feature of an exemplar which can trigger a type of error in copying known in English as eyeskip (and in French as "saut du même au même") and whose result is a haplography. Henrik Thiil Nielsen (talk) 18:57, 3 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]