Westcott and Hort Greek New Testament

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The Westcott and Hort Greek New Testament is a critical 19th-century edition of the New Testament in Greek that significantly influenced modern biblical scholarship and many contemporary Bible translations.

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instanceOf critical edition of the New Testament
alsoKnownAs The New Testament in the Original Greek
WH Greek New Testament
Westcott-Hort text
basisOfText Alexandrian text-type
completedAfter nearly 28 years of preparation
componentWork The New Testament in the Original Greek: Introduction and Appendix
The New Testament in the Original Greek: Text
contains Acts of the Apostles
Book of Revelation
General Epistles
linked to: Catholic Epistles

Gospels
Pauline Epistles
countryOfPublication United Kingdom
editor Brooke Foss Westcott
Fenton John Anthony Hort
feature critical apparatus
textual notes
field New Testament textual criticism
followedBy Nestle text and later critical editions
hasReception highly influential but also controversial among some textual critics
influenced American Standard Version New Testament
English Revised Version New Testament
Nestle Greek New Testament
Nestle-Aland Novum Testamentum Graece
Revised Standard Version New Testament
Revised Version of the Bible
United Bible Societies Greek New Testament
many modern English Bible translations
language Koine Greek
methodology genealogical method of textual criticism
opposedTextType Byzantine text-type as secondary
placeOfPublication London
linked to: London, England
precededBy Textus Receptus tradition
linked to: Textus Receptus
publicationYear 1881
publisher Macmillan
rejects Textus Receptus as primary base text
reliesOn Codex Sinaiticus
Codex Vaticanus
other early Greek manuscripts
subject New Testament
textTypePreferred Neutral text (their term for earliest recoverable text)
theory Syrian recension theory
usedBy many 20th-century Bible translators
usedIn academic study of the New Testament

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Westcott and Hort text alsoKnownAs Westcott and Hort Greek New Testament
Brooke Foss Westcott knownFor Westcott and Hort Greek New Testament
David Otis Fuller denounces Westcott and Hort Greek New Testament text
linked to: Westcott and Hort Greek New Testament
The New Testament in the Original Greek alsoKnownAs Westcott and Hort Greek New Testament
The New Testament in the Original Greek editorRole Westcott served as co-editor and textual critic
linked to: Westcott and Hort Greek New Testament
The New Testament in the Original Greek editorRole Hort served as co-editor and textual critic
linked to: Westcott and Hort Greek New Testament
English Revised Version textualBasisNewTestament Westcott and Hort Greek New Testament