Caesarean text-type
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The Caesarean text-type is a hypothesized early New Testament manuscript tradition characterized by a distinctive mixture of Western and Alexandrian readings, especially evident in the Gospels.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Caesarean text-type canonical | 2 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Caesarean text-type Context triple: [Alexandrian text-type, contrastedWith, Caesarean text-type]
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A.
Alexandrian text-type
The Alexandrian text-type is a family of early and highly regarded New Testament manuscript traditions characterized by concise, less harmonized readings and often considered closest to the original text by many textual critics.
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B.
Byzantine text-type
The Byzantine text-type is a major textual tradition of the Greek New Testament characterized by a relatively uniform and later standardized form of the text that became dominant in the medieval Byzantine Empire.
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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.
Codex Bezae
Codex Bezae is a 5th-century Greek-Latin bilingual manuscript of the New Testament, notable for its distinctive textual variants and importance in biblical textual criticism.
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E.
Codex Sinaiticus
Codex Sinaiticus is one of the oldest and most complete surviving manuscripts of the Christian Bible, written in Greek on parchment in the 4th century.
- 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: Caesarean text-type Target entity description: The Caesarean text-type is a hypothesized early New Testament manuscript tradition characterized by a distinctive mixture of Western and Alexandrian readings, especially evident in the Gospels.
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Alexandrian text-type
The Alexandrian text-type is a family of early and highly regarded New Testament manuscript traditions characterized by concise, less harmonized readings and often considered closest to the original text by many textual critics.
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B.
Byzantine text-type
The Byzantine text-type is a major textual tradition of the Greek New Testament characterized by a relatively uniform and later standardized form of the text that became dominant in the medieval Byzantine Empire.
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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.
Codex Bezae
Codex Bezae is a 5th-century Greek-Latin bilingual manuscript of the New Testament, notable for its distinctive textual variants and importance in biblical textual criticism.
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E.
Codex Sinaiticus
Codex Sinaiticus is one of the oldest and most complete surviving manuscripts of the Christian Bible, written in Greek on parchment in the 4th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
New Testament text-type
ⓘ
hypothesized manuscript tradition ⓘ |
| appliesTo | Gospel textual tradition ⓘ |
| associatedWithBook |
Gospel of John
ⓘ
Gospel of Luke ⓘ Gospel of Mark ⓘ Gospel of Matthew ⓘ |
| associatedWithManuscript |
Codex Koridethi (Θ, 038)
ⓘ
Minuscule 565 ⓘ |
| associatedWithRegion |
Eastern Mediterranean
ⓘ
Palestine ⓘ |
| characterizedBy | mixture of Western and Alexandrian readings ⓘ |
| consideredByOthers |
mixed text tradition
ⓘ
subgroup of the Alexandrian text-type ⓘ |
| consideredBySome | distinct text-type ⓘ |
| debatedByScholar |
Barbara Aland
ⓘ
Bruce M. Metzger ⓘ
surface form:
Bruce Metzger
Eldon Jay Epp ⓘ Kurt Aland ⓘ |
| distinguishedFrom |
Alexandrian text-type
ⓘ
Byzantine text-type ⓘ Western text-type ⓘ |
| evidenceType | comparative analysis of manuscript readings ⓘ |
| field | New Testament textual criticism ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
agreements with Alexandrian text against Western in other passages
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agreements with Western text against Alexandrian in some passages ⓘ tendency toward shorter readings than Byzantine ⓘ |
| hasReadingType |
Alexandrian text-type
ⓘ
surface form:
Alexandrian readings
Western readings ⓘ unique readings ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Alexandrian text-type
ⓘ
Western text-type ⓘ |
| language | Koine Greek ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Caesarea Maritima ⓘ |
| notableManuscriptFamily |
Family 1
ⓘ
Family Π ⓘ
surface form:
Family 13
|
| primarilyEvidentIn | Gospels ⓘ |
| proposedBy | Burnett Hillman Streeter ⓘ |
| proposedInWork | The Four Gospels: A Study of Origins ⓘ |
| proposedInYear | 1924 ⓘ |
| relatedConcept | textual families in the Gospels ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Family 1 (Lake Group)
ⓘ
Family 13 (Ferrar Group) ⓘ |
| statusInScholarship |
disputed
ⓘ
hypothetical ⓘ |
| subjectOf | ongoing scholarly debate ⓘ |
| timeFrame | early centuries of Christianity ⓘ |
| usedIn | classification of New Testament manuscripts ⓘ |
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