Redakcijska hipoteza o varijaciji u tekstu hrvatskoglagoljskih brevijara: svjedočanstvo Prve knjige o Samuelu

Abstract

This article examines the “redaction hypothesis,” the idea that the division of Croatian Church Slavonic (CCS) liturgical texts into A and B versions, and of the liturgical books (missals and breviaries) into A and B groups, arose through a comprehensive redaction during the first half of the 14th century. Following an overview of the origins of the redaction hypothesis, the article surveys critical questions that it raises. Finally, it summarizes data on the consistency of binary variation between the A and B versions of the CCS First Book of Samuel. The high proportion (50%) of binary variation in the overall corpus of textual variation
supports the redactional origin of observed variation. Definitive conclusions will require more exhaustive quantitative and qualitative studies.