New Testament textual apparatus
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The New Testament textual apparatus is a critical tool in biblical scholarship that presents and evaluates the variant readings of New Testament manuscripts to help determine the most reliable text.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Apparatus ad liberalem Novi Testamenti interpretationem | 1 |
| New Testament patristic citations | 1 |
| New Testament textual apparatus canonical | 1 |
| Revelation in Byzantine textform | 1 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: New Testament textual apparatus Context triple: [Gregory–Aland numbering, relatedTo, New Testament textual apparatus]
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A.
Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament
Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament is John Wesley’s influential 18th-century biblical commentary that provides practical, devotional, and theological insights on the New Testament text.
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B.
Annotationes maiores in Novum Testamentum
Annotationes maiores in Novum Testamentum is a major scholarly commentary on the New Testament by Reformation theologian Theodore Beza, offering extensive exegetical and textual notes.
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Textus Receptus
Textus Receptus is a traditional printed Greek New Testament text compiled in the 16th century that became the primary basis for many early Protestant Bible translations.
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D.
New Testament Greek tradition
The New Testament Greek tradition refers to the body of early Christian writings, linguistic forms, and manuscript practices in Koine Greek that shaped the composition, transmission, and interpretation of the New Testament.
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New Testament manuscripts
New Testament manuscripts are ancient handwritten copies of the Christian New Testament texts, preserved in various languages and forms and serving as the primary evidence for reconstructing the original biblical writings.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: New Testament textual apparatus Target entity description: The New Testament textual apparatus is a critical tool in biblical scholarship that presents and evaluates the variant readings of New Testament manuscripts to help determine the most reliable text.
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A.
Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament
Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament is John Wesley’s influential 18th-century biblical commentary that provides practical, devotional, and theological insights on the New Testament text.
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B.
Annotationes maiores in Novum Testamentum
Annotationes maiores in Novum Testamentum is a major scholarly commentary on the New Testament by Reformation theologian Theodore Beza, offering extensive exegetical and textual notes.
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C.
Textus Receptus
Textus Receptus is a traditional printed Greek New Testament text compiled in the 16th century that became the primary basis for many early Protestant Bible translations.
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D.
New Testament Greek tradition
The New Testament Greek tradition refers to the body of early Christian writings, linguistic forms, and manuscript practices in Koine Greek that shaped the composition, transmission, and interpretation of the New Testament.
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E.
New Testament manuscripts
New Testament manuscripts are ancient handwritten copies of the Christian New Testament texts, preserved in various languages and forms and serving as the primary evidence for reconstructing the original biblical writings.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
critical apparatus
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textual apparatus ⓘ tool of New Testament textual criticism ⓘ |
| audience |
advanced students of the New Testament
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professional biblical scholars ⓘ |
| basedOn |
New Testament manuscripts
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surface form:
Greek New Testament manuscripts
New Testament textual apparatus self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
New Testament patristic citations
ancient New Testament versions ⓘ |
| component |
abbreviations for versions and patristic authors
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indication of the adopted reading ⓘ list of variant readings for a given passage ⓘ sigla for manuscripts and witnesses ⓘ symbols indicating editorial judgments ⓘ |
| describes |
differences between New Testament manuscript readings
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textual variants in New Testament manuscripts ⓘ |
| enables |
comparison of readings across manuscript traditions
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evaluation of the reliability of textual witnesses ⓘ |
| field |
New Testament studies
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New Testament textual criticism ⓘ biblical studies ⓘ |
| historicalRole |
preserves information about the history of the New Testament text
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supports reconstruction of the earliest attainable New Testament text ⓘ |
| methodologicalRole |
documents external evidence for readings
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documents internal evidence for readings ⓘ records editorial decisions about readings ⓘ |
| notationSystem |
uses sigla to identify manuscripts
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uses symbols to indicate certainty or doubt ⓘ |
| purpose |
to assist in determining the most reliable New Testament text
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to evaluate variant readings of the New Testament text ⓘ to present variant readings of New Testament manuscripts ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
critical edition of the New Testament
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eclectic text ⓘ majority text ⓘ text-type or text family ⓘ |
| represents |
manuscript support for each variant reading
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relative weight of textual witnesses ⓘ |
| requires |
familiarity with manuscript sigla and abbreviations
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knowledge of New Testament Greek ⓘ |
| scope |
covers selected variant units in the New Testament text
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does not list every minor orthographic variant ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Bible translators
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biblical scholars ⓘ exegetes ⓘ textual critics ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Nestle-Aland Novum Testamentum Graece
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United Bible Societies Greek New Testament ⓘ critical editions of the Greek New Testament ⓘ |
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Apparatus ad liberalem Novi Testamenti interpretationem
New Testament textual apparatus
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New Testament textual apparatus
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this entity surface form:
New Testament patristic citations
Robinson–Pierpont Byzantine Greek New Testament editions
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New Testament textual apparatus
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this entity surface form:
Revelation in Byzantine textform