The New Testament in the Original Greek

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The New Testament in the Original Greek is a critical edition of the Greek New Testament produced in the 19th century by Brooke Foss Westcott and Fenton John Anthony Hort, highly influential in modern biblical scholarship and textual criticism.

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instanceOf biblical text
critical edition of the Greek New Testament
scholarly edition
alsoKnownAs Westcott and Hort Greek New Testament NERFINISHED
Westcott–Hort text NERFINISHED
basisOf many modern Bible translations
considered milestone in modern New Testament textual criticism
contains Greek text of the New Testament
countryOfPublication United Kingdom
dateOfFirstEdition 1881
editor Brooke Foss Westcott NERFINISHED
Fenton John Anthony Hort NERFINISHED
editorRole Hort served as co-editor and textual critic NERFINISHED
Westcott served as co-editor and textual critic NERFINISHED
emphasizes earliest available manuscripts
internal evidence of readings
field New Testament textual criticism
biblical studies
genre critical edition
hasFeature discussion of genealogical method of manuscripts
extensive introduction explaining textual theory
preference for Vaticanus and Sinaiticus manuscripts
hasInfluenceOn evaluation of New Testament variants
text underlying many modern commentaries
hasPart volume containing an introduction and appendix
volume containing the Greek text
includes critical apparatus (limited compared to later editions)
influenced English Revised Version of the Bible NERFINISHED
Nestle–Aland Novum Testamentum Graece NERFINISHED
United Bible Societies Greek New Testament NERFINISHED
modern critical editions of the Greek New Testament
language Greek
Koine Greek
methodologicalPrinciple reasoned eclecticism
placeOfPublication London, England
surface form: London
publicationCentury 19th century
publicationYear 1881
publisher Macmillan NERFINISHED
rejects Textus Receptus as primary base text
religiousTradition Christianity
status highly influential in modern biblical scholarship
subject New Testament NERFINISHED
targetAudience scholars and translators
textTypePreferred Alexandrian text-type
usedBy many 20th-century Bible translators
usedIn academic study of the New Testament
volumeCount 2

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Westcott and Hort text alsoKnownAs The New Testament in the Original Greek
Brooke Foss Westcott notableWork The New Testament in the Original Greek
Fenton John Anthony Hort notableWork The New Testament in the Original Greek
Fenton John Anthony Hort wrote The New Testament in the Original Greek
this entity surface form: The New Testament in the Original Greek: Introduction and Appendix