textual critic
C8134
concept
A textual critic is a scholar who analyzes and compares different versions of texts to reconstruct their most accurate original form and understand their transmission history.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| textual critic canonical | 18 |
| philological study | 5 |
| philological commentary | 2 |
| textual scholar | 2 |
| editor of classical texts | 1 |
Description generation (CDg)
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Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class. # Response Format Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: textual critic
Generated description
A textual critic is a scholar who analyzes and compares different versions of texts to reconstruct their most accurate original form and understand their transmission history.
Instances (28)
| Instance | Via concept surface |
|---|---|
| Constantin von Tischendorf | — |
| De falso credita et ementita Constantini donatione declamatio | philological study |
| Eberhard Nestle | — |
| Erwin Nestle | — |
| Barbara Aland | — |
| Prolegomena ad Homerum | philological study |
| Die Ilias und Homer | philological study |
| On the Catalogue of Ships | philological commentary |
| Hans Walter Gabler | textual scholar |
| Kurt Aland | — |
| Brooke Foss Westcott | — |
| Fenton John Anthony Hort | — |
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Lucian of Antioch (traditionally, though debated)
surface form:
Lucian of Antioch
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| Johann Carl J. von Griesbach | — |
| Bruce M. Metzger | — |
| Denys Godefroy | editor of classical texts |
| Nicolaas Heinsius the Elder | — |
| Prue Shaw | — |
| Lobegott Friedrich Constantin | — |
| Aristophanes of Byzantium | — |
| Lewis Theobald | textual scholar |
| Richard Bentley | — |
| Commentarii linguae Latinae | philological commentary |
| Die Entdeckung des Geistes | philological study |
| Eldon Jay Epp | — |
| Burnett Hillman Streeter | — |
| De Metris Pindari | philological study |
| Moriz Haupt | — |