Western text-type
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The Western text-type is a distinctive textual tradition of the New Testament characterized by paraphrastic tendencies, expansions, and notable variations from other major text-types such as the Alexandrian and Byzantine.
Aliases (3)
Statements (95)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
New Testament text-type
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textual tradition → |
| alsoKnownAs |
Western text
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Western text tradition → |
| attestedIn |
Greek New Testament manuscripts
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Latin New Testament manuscripts → Old Latin versions → Syriac versions → bilingual Greek–Latin manuscripts → quotations of early Christian writers → |
| characterizedBy |
expansions
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free renderings of the text → notable variations from other major text-types → omissions → paraphrastic tendencies → |
| contrastedWith |
Alexandrian text-type
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Byzantine text-type → Caesarean text-type → |
| hasDebatedStatus |
considered less reliable by many modern textual critics
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sometimes preserves early readings → |
| hasGeographicalAssociation |
Gaul
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North Africa → Rome → Western part of the Roman Empire → |
| hasNotableFeature |
additions of explanatory phrases
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conflation of readings → harmonizations between parallel passages → longer readings in Acts → omission of material found in Alexandrian witnesses → substitution of synonyms → tendency to alter word order → tendency to expand narrative detail → unique readings in Luke–Acts → |
| hasNotableReading |
expanded readings in Acts 15
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expanded readings in Acts 19 → expanded readings in Acts 8 → omission of the doxology in Romans 16 in some witnesses → unique wording in Luke 22 → unique wording in Luke 24 → |
| hasSubdivision |
Western text of Acts
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Western text of Revelation → Western text of the Catholic epistles → Western text of the Gospels → Western text of the Pauline epistles → |
| influenced |
Old Latin biblical tradition
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early Western lectionary traditions → |
| notableWitness |
Codex Bezae (D 05)
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Codex Claromontanus (D 06) → Codex Laudianus (E 08) → Old Latin manuscript it(a) → Old Latin manuscript it(aur) → Old Latin manuscript it(b) → Old Latin manuscript it(bo) → Old Latin manuscript it(c) → Old Latin manuscript it(corr) → Old Latin manuscript it(d) → Old Latin manuscript it(e) → Old Latin manuscript it(f) → Old Latin manuscript it(ff1) → Old Latin manuscript it(ff2) → Old Latin manuscript it(ful) → Old Latin manuscript it(g) → Old Latin manuscript it(gig) → Old Latin manuscript it(h) → Old Latin manuscript it(k) → Old Latin manuscript it(l) → Old Latin manuscript it(m) → Old Latin manuscript it(p) → Old Latin manuscript it(q) → Old Latin manuscript it(q1) → Old Latin manuscript it(q2) → Old Latin manuscript it(r) → Old Latin manuscript it(r1) → Old Latin manuscript it(r2) → Old Latin manuscript it(r3) → Old Latin manuscript it(r4) → Old Latin manuscript it(s) → Old Latin manuscript it(t) → Old Latin manuscript it(w) → Old Latin manuscript it(x) → Old Latin manuscript it(y) → Old Latin manuscript it(z) → |
| studiedIn |
New Testament textual criticism
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| timePeriod |
2nd century
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3rd century → 4th century → |
| usedBy |
Ambrose of Milan
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Augustine of Hippo → Cyprian of Carthage → Hilary of Poitiers → Irenaeus → Jerome (in some citations) → Latin Fathers of the West → Novatian → Tertullian → |
Referenced by (6)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
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Alexandrian text-type
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Byzantine text-type → |
contrastedWith |
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Western text-type
("Western text of Acts")
→
Western text-type ("Western text of Revelation") → |
hasSubdivision |
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Western text-type
("Western text tradition")
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alsoKnownAs |
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New Testament manuscripts
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haveMajorTextTypes |