Johann Jakob Wettstein

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Johann Jakob Wettstein was an 18th-century Swiss theologian and pioneering New Testament textual critic known for his influential work on cataloguing and analyzing biblical manuscripts.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf New Testament textual critic
Swiss person
human
theologian
academicDiscipline philology
theology
centuryOfActivity 18th century
countryOfCitizenship Switzerland
educatedAt University of Basel NERFINISHED
familyName Wettstein NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork New Testament studies NERFINISHED
biblical studies
textual criticism
genre biblical commentary
critical edition
givenName Johann Jakob NERFINISHED
influenced later New Testament textual critics
knownFor cataloguing New Testament manuscripts
critical apparatus to the Greek New Testament
developing a system of manuscript sigla for the New Testament
pioneering New Testament textual criticism
languageOfWorkOrName German
Latin
movement Reformed theology
name Johann Jakob Wettstein NERFINISHED
notableIdea systematic comparison of New Testament manuscript variants
use of patristic citations in textual criticism
notableWork Novum Testamentum Graecum NERFINISHED
occupation textual critic
theologian
placeOfOrigin Basel NERFINISHED
religion Christianity
workFocusesOn Greek New Testament NERFINISHED
biblical manuscripts

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Codex Ephraemi Rescriptus (partly) cataloguedBy Johann Jakob Wettstein
subject surface form: Codex Ephraemi Rescriptus
Codex Claromontanus (D 06) studiedBy Johann Jakob Wettstein