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THE NEW TESTAMENT IN THE ORIGINAL GREEK
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| By: |
Brooke Foss Westcott (Editor), Fenton John Anthony Hort (Editor) |
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Paperback |
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£35.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
1108007082 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781108007085 |
| Publisher: |
CAMBRIDGE LIBRARY COLLECTION |
| Pub. date: |
25 February, 2010 |
| Series: |
Cambridge Library Collection - Biblical Studies |
| Pages: |
550 |
| Description: |
This book describes the revolutionary methods used by Westcott and Hort in editing the Greek New Testament (1881). |
| Synopsis: |
The publication in 1881 of The New Testament in the Original Greek, by the Cambridge scholars Brooke Foss Westcott (1825-1901) and Fenton John Anthony Hort (1828-1892), marked the culmination of twenty-eight years of work and an innovation in the theory and methods of New Testament textual criticism. This first of two volumes contains a detailed discussion of the theories and methods behind the reconstructed text, sets out the editors' theory of text-types, and justifies their choice to break with the dominant use of the Textus Receptus. It argues for the Neutral Text, represented by the uncials Codex Vaticanus and Codex Sinaiticus, as being the earliest and least corrupt form. Westcott and Hort's claim to reconstruct the 'original text' may seem extravagant today but according to Bruce Metzger theirs was the 'most noteworthy critical edition of the Greek Testament ever produced by British scholarship'. |
| Illustrations: |
2 tables |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Cambridge University Press |
| Returns: |
Returnable |