Critical Essays

This classic text from noted biblical scholar Ezra Abbot contains essays on important topics in textual criticism and New Testament studies. Abbot’s essays include discussions of papyrus production, the comparative antiquity of Codex Sinaiticus and Vaticanus, the pioneering work of Constantine von Tischendorf, and the New Testament verse divisions. Abbot also provides extensive discussion of the most important critical editions of the Greek New Testament, including Buttman, and Westcott and Hort. He also analyzes several of the most important textual issues in the New Testament, such as μονογενηςθεος (unique God) in John 1:18 and the construction of Romans 9:5.