The New Testament in the Original Greek [Paperback]

This book describes the revolutionary methods used by Westcott and Hort in editing the Greek New Testament (1881).In this 1881 book, Westcott and Hort introduced their landmark Greek New Testament text (printed in volume two of this set), and explained their innovative methods of biblical criticism. Their work established the practice of using the earliest and most authoritative manuscripts, which remains central to biblical scholarship today.In this 1881 book, Westcott and Hort introduced their landmark Greek New Testament text (printed in volume two of this set), and explained their innovative methods of biblical criticism. Their work established the practice of using the earliest and most authoritative manuscripts, which remains central to biblical scholarship today.The publication in 1881 of The New Testament in the Original Greek, by the Cambridge scholars Brooke Foss Westcott (18251901) and Fenton John Anthony Hort (18281892), marked the culmination of twenty-eight years of work and an innovation in the theory and methods of New Testament textual criticism. This first of two volumes contains a detailed discussion of the theories and methods behind the reconstructed text, sets out the editors' theory of text-types, and justifies their choice to break with the dominant use of the Textus Receptus. It argues for the Neutral Text, represented by the uncials Codex Vaticanus and Codex Sinaiticus, as being the earliest and least corrupt form. Westcott and Hort's claim to reconstruct the 'original text' may seem extravagant today but according to Bruce Metzger theirs was the 'most noteworthy critical edition of the Greek Testament ever produced by British scholarship'.Prefatory remarks; Part 1. The Need of Criticism for the Text of the New Testament: 1. Transmission by writing; 2. Transmission by printed editions; 3. History of present edition; Part 2. The Methods of Textual Criticism: Section 1. Internal Evidence of Readings: 1. Intrinsic probability; 2. Transcripl³&