New Testament textual apparatus

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critical apparatus textual apparatus tool of New Testament textual criticism

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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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Apparatus ad liberalem Novi Testamenti interpretationem	1
New Testament patristic citations	1
New Testament textual apparatus canonical	1
Revelation in Byzantine textform	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	critical apparatus ⓘ textual apparatus ⓘ tool of New Testament textual criticism ⓘ
audience	advanced students of the New Testament ⓘ professional biblical scholars ⓘ
basedOn	New Testament manuscripts ⓘ 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 ⓘ 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 ⓘ textual variants in New Testament manuscripts ⓘ
enables	comparison of readings across manuscript traditions ⓘ evaluation of the reliability of textual witnesses ⓘ
field	New Testament studies ⓘ New Testament textual criticism ⓘ biblical studies ⓘ
historicalRole	preserves information about the history of the New Testament text ⓘ supports reconstruction of the earliest attainable New Testament text ⓘ
methodologicalRole	documents external evidence for readings ⓘ documents internal evidence for readings ⓘ records editorial decisions about readings ⓘ
notationSystem	uses sigla to identify manuscripts ⓘ uses symbols to indicate certainty or doubt ⓘ
purpose	to assist in determining the most reliable New Testament text ⓘ to evaluate variant readings of the New Testament text ⓘ to present variant readings of New Testament manuscripts ⓘ
relatedConcept	critical edition of the New Testament ⓘ eclectic text ⓘ majority text ⓘ text-type or text family ⓘ
represents	manuscript support for each variant reading ⓘ relative weight of textual witnesses ⓘ
requires	familiarity with manuscript sigla and abbreviations ⓘ knowledge of New Testament Greek ⓘ
scope	covers selected variant units in the New Testament text ⓘ does not list every minor orthographic variant ⓘ
usedBy	Bible translators ⓘ biblical scholars ⓘ exegetes ⓘ textual critics ⓘ
usedIn	Nestle-Aland Novum Testamentum Graece ⓘ United Bible Societies Greek New Testament ⓘ critical editions of the Greek New Testament ⓘ

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Description of subject: 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.

Referenced by (4)

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Gregory–Aland numbering → relatedTo → New Testament textual apparatus ⓘ

Johann Salomo Semler → notableWork → New Testament textual apparatus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Apparatus ad liberalem Novi Testamenti interpretationem

New Testament textual apparatus → basedOn → New Testament textual apparatus self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: New Testament patristic citations

Robinson–Pierpont Byzantine Greek New Testament editions → hasComponent → New Testament textual apparatus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Revelation in Byzantine textform