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Book SynopsisIn this 1881 book, Westcott and Hort introduced their landmark Greek New Testament text (printed in volume two of this set), and explained their innovative methods of biblical criticism. Their work established the practice of using the earliest and most authoritative manuscripts, which remains central to biblical scholarship today.
Table of ContentsPrefatory remarks; Part 1. The Need of Criticism for the Text of the New Testament: 1. Transmission by writing; 2. Transmission by printed editions; 3. History of present edition; Part 2. The Methods of Textual Criticism: Section 1. Internal Evidence of Readings: 1. Intrinsic probability; 2. Transcriptional probability; Section 2. Internal Evidence of Documents; Section 3. Genealogical Evidence: 1. Simple or divergent genealogy; 2. Genealogy and number; 3. Manner of discovering genealogy; 4. Complications of genealogy by mixture; 5. Applications of genealogy; 6. Variable use of genealogy according to unequal preservation of documents; Section 4. Internal Evidence of Groups; Section 5. Recapitulation of Methods in Relation to Each Other; Section 6. Criticism as Dealing with Errors Antecedent to Existing Texts: 1. Primitive errors; 2. Removal of primitive errors by conjecture; Part 3. Application of Principles of Criticism to the Text of the New Testament: Section 1. Preliminary Chronological Survey of Documents: 1. Greek MSS; 2. Versions; 3. Fathers; 4. Documentary preparation for this edition; Section 2. Results of Genealogical Evidence Proper: 1. Determination of the genealogical relations of the chief ancient texts; 2. Characteristics of the chief ancient texts; 3. Sketch of Postnicene textual history; 4. Relations of the principal extant documents to the chief ancient texts; 5. Identification and estimation of readings as belonging to the chief ancient texts; 6. Review of previous criticism with reference to ancient texts; Section 3. Results of Internal Evidence of Groups and Documents: 1. Documentary groups as limited by reference to primary Greek MSS generally; 2. Documentary groups as limited by reference to the best primary Greek MSS; Section 4. Substantial Integrity of the Purest Transmitted Text; Part 4. Nature and Details of this Edition; Appendix 1. Notes on select readings; Appendix 2. Notes on orthographical alternative readings; Appendix 3. Quotations from the Old Testament.
