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Page 583 - If comparative trivialities, such as changes of order, the insertion or omission of the article with proper names, and the like, are set aside, the words in our opinion still subject to doubt can hardly amount to more than a thousandth part of the NT" (Westcott and Hort, The NT in Greek, I.
Page 583 - But this ease and simplicity is in fact the mark of evidence too scanty to be tested ; whereas in the variety and fullness of .the evidence on which it rests the text of the New Testament stands absolutely and unapproachably alone among prose writings.
Page 570 - They often exhibit a certain rapid, vigour and fluency which can hardly be called a rebellion against the calm and reticent strength of the apostolic speech, for it is deeply influenced by it, but which, not less than a tamer spirit of textual correction, is apt to ignore pregnancy and...
Page 585 - WHEREVER it has been found impossible to decide that one of two or more various readings is certainly right, alternative readings are given : and no alternative reading is given which does not appear to have a reasonable probability of being the true reading.
Page 593 - Aim and limitations of this edition B. Textual notation C. Orthography D. Breathings, Accents, and other accessories of printing E. Punctuation, Divisions of text, and Titles of books F. Conclusion LIST OF READINGS NOTICED IN THE APPENDIX The following is a list of rejected readings which have been thought worthy of notice in the Appendix on account of some special interest attaching to them.
Page 566 - ... extent proportionate to the excess of numbers. This assumption is completely negatived by the facts adduced in the preceding pages, which shew that, since the same numerical relations among existing documents are compatible with the utmost dissimilarity in the numerical relations among their ancestors, no available presumptions whatever as to text can be obtained from number alone, that is, from number not as yet interpreted by descent.
Page 569 - text, ' used by Chrysostom and other Antiochian Fathers in the latter part of the fourth century, and virtually identical with the prevalent Greek text of the Middle Ages.
Page 583 - The text of the New Testament rests upon evidence of a variety and an amount and an antiquity incomparably superior to the evidence for any classical text. It is the wealth and not the poverty of his materials which perplexes the critic. But his pains and labour are well worth while : for, to quote...