Introduction to the New Testament in the Original Greek
Overview
Westcott and Hort’s Introduction is one of the most important, ground-breaking books in New Testament Studies. It spells out the techniques of modern text criticism (the science of examining manuscript evidence to try to determine the original text) and influenced every modern edition of the Greek New Testament published since. The first section of the book outlines the principles of text criticism, and the second section, Notes on Selected Readings, applies these principles to hundreds of passages in the New Testament—in essence making a critical apparatus or textual commentary on important passages. In the Logos Bible Software edition, the application section will show in the Exegetical Guide with other critical apparatuses.
Top Highlights
“all trustworthy restoration of corrupted texts is founded on the study of their history” (Page 40)
“But these inequalities do not render it less true that repeated transcription involves multiplication of error; and the consequent presumption that a relatively late text is likely to be a relatively corrupt text is found true on the application of all available tests in an overwhelming proportion of the extant MSS in which ancient literature has been preserved.” (Pages 5–6)
“A new period began in 1831, when for the first time a text was constructed directly from the ancient documents without the intervention of any printed edition, and when the first systematic attempt was made to substitute scientific method for arbitrary choice in the discrimination of various readings.” (Page 13)
“The comparative trustworthiness of documentary authorities constitutes a fresh class of facts at least as pertinent as any with which we have hitherto been dealing, and much less likely to be misinterpreted by personal surmises. The first step towards obtaining a sure foundation is a consistent application of the principle that knowledge of documents should precede final judgement upon readings.” (Page 31)
“the primary work of textual criticism is merely to discriminate the erroneous variants from the true” (Page 3)
- Title: Introduction to the New Testament in the Original Greek
- Authors: Brooke Foss Westcott, Fenton John Anthony Hort
- Publisher: Harper & Brothers
- Print Publication Date: 1882
- Logos Release Date: 2012
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subjects: Bible. N.T. › Introductions; Bible. N.T. › Critique textuelle; Nieuwe Testament
- ISBNs: 9780913573945, 0913573949
- Resource ID: LLS:INTNTORIGGK
- Resource Type: text.monograph.introduction.new-testament
- Metadata Last Updated: 2024-03-25T20:06:10Z