Westcott and Hort text
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19th-century biblical text edition
Greek New Testament text
critical edition of the Greek New Testament
The Westcott and Hort text is a critical 19th-century edition of the Greek New Testament that relies heavily on earlier Alexandrian manuscripts and significantly influenced modern biblical scholarship and translations.
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| Westcott and Hort text canonical | 1 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Westcott and Hort text Context triple: [Textus Receptus, contrastedWith, Westcott and Hort text]
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Corpus
Corpus is a common shortened name for Corpus Christi College, one of the historic constituent colleges of the University of Cambridge.
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Houlston and Wright
Houlston and Wright was a 19th-century British publishing firm known for producing popular household and reference works.
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Norton Critical Editions
Norton Critical Editions is a renowned series of scholarly annotated texts that combine authoritative editions of literary works with critical essays, contextual documents, and editorial commentary for students and scholars.
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Ticknor and Fields
Ticknor and Fields was a prominent 19th-century American publishing house based in Boston, known for issuing works by leading New England authors and shaping the era’s literary culture.
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E.
The Carletonian
The Carletonian is the student-run newspaper of Carleton College, covering campus news, events, and student perspectives.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Westcott and Hort text Target entity description: The Westcott and Hort text is a critical 19th-century edition of the Greek New Testament that relies heavily on earlier Alexandrian manuscripts and significantly influenced modern biblical scholarship and translations.
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A.
Corpus
Corpus is a common shortened name for Corpus Christi College, one of the historic constituent colleges of the University of Cambridge.
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B.
Houlston and Wright
Houlston and Wright was a 19th-century British publishing firm known for producing popular household and reference works.
-
C.
Norton Critical Editions
Norton Critical Editions is a renowned series of scholarly annotated texts that combine authoritative editions of literary works with critical essays, contextual documents, and editorial commentary for students and scholars.
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D.
Ticknor and Fields
Ticknor and Fields was a prominent 19th-century American publishing house based in Boston, known for issuing works by leading New England authors and shaping the era’s literary culture.
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E.
The Carletonian
The Carletonian is the student-run newspaper of Carleton College, covering campus news, events, and student perspectives.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
19th-century biblical text edition
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Greek New Testament text ⓘ critical edition of the Greek New Testament ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
The New Testament in the Original Greek
ⓘ
Westcott and Hort Greek New Testament ⓘ |
| approach | eclectic textual criticism ⓘ |
| basis |
Alexandrian text-type manuscripts
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Codex Sinaiticus ⓘ Codex Vaticanus ⓘ |
| century | 19th century ⓘ |
| componentOf | history of the Greek New Testament text ⓘ |
| contains | Greek text of the New Testament ⓘ |
| contrastedWith |
Majority text
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surface form:
Majority Text
Textus Receptus ⓘ |
| countryOfPrimaryUse |
United Kingdom
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United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| dateRangeOfPreparation | circa 1850s–1881 ⓘ |
| discipline | New Testament textual criticism ⓘ |
| editor |
Brooke Foss Westcott
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Fenton John Anthony Hort ⓘ |
| emphasizes |
earliest available manuscripts
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internal evidence of readings ⓘ |
| format | printed book ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Introduction explaining textual theory
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apparatus of variant readings ⓘ |
| impact |
reduced reliance on Textus Receptus in scholarship
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shifted scholarly preference toward Alexandrian readings ⓘ |
| includes | critical apparatus ⓘ |
| influenced |
English Standard Version
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Nestle-Aland Novum Testamentum Graece ⓘ
surface form:
Nestle text of the Greek New Testament
Nestle-Aland Novum Testamentum Graece ⓘ New American Standard Bible ⓘ New International Version ⓘ Revised Version of the Bible ⓘ United Bible Societies Greek New Testament ⓘ modern English Bible translations ⓘ |
| language | Koine Greek ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1881 ⓘ |
| publisherLocation | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Christianity ⓘ |
| status | foundational work in modern New Testament textual criticism ⓘ |
| subject | New Testament ⓘ |
| textTypeEmphasized | Alexandrian text-type ⓘ |
| theory |
Syrian (Byzantine) text as later recension
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genealogical method of manuscripts ⓘ |
| usedFor |
Bible translation
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academic study of the New Testament ⓘ textual comparison with later editions ⓘ |
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