New Testament textual criticism
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New Testament textual criticism is the scholarly discipline that analyzes and compares ancient manuscript variants of the New Testament to reconstruct its earliest attainable text and understand its transmission history.
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| New Testament textual criticism canonical | 17 |
| New Testament textual tradition | 1 |
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Target entity: New Testament textual criticism Context triple: [Western text-type, studiedIn, New Testament textual criticism]
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New Testament textual apparatus
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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New Testament scholarship
New Testament scholarship is the academic field that critically investigates the origins, composition, historical context, and theology of the writings of the Christian New Testament.
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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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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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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.
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- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Target entity: New Testament textual criticism Target entity description: New Testament textual criticism is the scholarly discipline that analyzes and compares ancient manuscript variants of the New Testament to reconstruct its earliest attainable text and understand its transmission history.
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A.
New Testament textual apparatus
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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B.
New Testament scholarship
New Testament scholarship is the academic field that critically investigates the origins, composition, historical context, and theology of the writings of the Christian New Testament.
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C.
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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D.
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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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 (53)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
academic discipline
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biblical studies subfield ⓘ textual criticism ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
reconstruct the earliest attainable text of the New Testament
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understand the transmission history of the New Testament text ⓘ |
| analyzes |
Greek New Testament manuscripts
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New Testament patristic citations ⓘ ancient versions of the New Testament ⓘ lectionaries ⓘ minuscule manuscripts ⓘ papyri ⓘ uncial manuscripts ⓘ |
| appliedTo |
Acts of the Apostles
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Book of Revelation ⓘ Catholic Epistles ⓘ
surface form:
Catholic epistles
Gospels ⓘ Pauline Epistles ⓘ
surface form:
Pauline epistles
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| concerns |
accidental changes by scribes
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intentional changes by scribes ⓘ scribal errors ⓘ textual variants ⓘ |
| developedSignificantlyIn |
19th century
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20th century ⓘ |
| emergedIn | early Christian centuries ⓘ |
| evaluates |
text-types
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textual families ⓘ |
| focusesOn | manuscript variants ⓘ |
| informs | modern Bible translations ⓘ |
| involves |
dating manuscripts
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localizing manuscripts ⓘ reconstructing archetypes ⓘ |
| produces | critical editions of the Greek New Testament ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Old Testament textual criticism
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Septuagint studies ⓘ codicology ⓘ historical theology ⓘ paleography ⓘ philology ⓘ |
| studies |
Alexandrian text-type
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Byzantine text-type ⓘ Caesarean text-type ⓘ New Testament manuscripts ⓘ Western text-type ⓘ |
| uses |
critical apparatus
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sigla for manuscripts ⓘ textual commentary ⓘ |
| usesMethod |
comparison of manuscript readings
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copy-text editing ⓘ external evidence evaluation ⓘ internal evidence evaluation ⓘ reasoned eclecticism ⓘ stemmatic analysis ⓘ thoroughgoing eclecticism ⓘ |
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Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testaments
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New Testament textual criticism
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subject surface form:
Codex Washingtonianus
The Early Versions of the New Testament: Their Origin, Transmission, and Limitations
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New Testament textual criticism
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this entity surface form:
New Testament textual tradition
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Frederick Field