"Obelus" Quotes from Famous Books
... of Origen, Paul introduced into his version asterisks and obeli; the asterisk (*) to indicate insertions made in the text on the authority of manuscripts and other versions; the obelus (/), to mark passages of doubtful character. Thus it supplies, as far as a version can, the Hexaplar of Origen, of which only a ... — Companion to the Bible • E. P. Barrows |