The New Testament in the Original Greek

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biblical text critical edition of the Greek New Testament scholarly edition

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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The New Testament in the Original Greek canonical	5
The New Testament in the Original Greek: Introduction and Appendix	2
The New Testament in the Original Greek: Text	1

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A. A Textual Commentary on the Greek New Testament
A Textual Commentary on the Greek New Testament is Bruce M. Metzger’s influential scholarly work that explains significant textual variants in the New Testament and the reasoning behind their evaluation in modern critical editions.
B. The Text of the New Testament: Its Transmission, Corruption, and Restoration
The Text of the New Testament: Its Transmission, Corruption, and Restoration is a foundational scholarly work on New Testament textual criticism, examining how the text was copied, altered, and reconstructed over time.
C. Remarks on the Uses of the Definitive Article in the Greek Text of the New Testament
"Remarks on the Uses of the Definitive Article in the Greek Text of the New Testament" is an influential 18th-century grammatical and theological treatise that formulated what is now known as Granville Sharp’s rule, significantly impacting New Testament Greek studies and Christological interpretation.
D. New Testament textual apparatus
The New Testament textual apparatus is a critical tool in biblical scholarship that presents and evaluates the variant readings of New Testament manuscripts to help determine the most reliable text.
E. The Early Versions of the New Testament: Their Origin, Transmission, and Limitations
The Early Versions of the New Testament: Their Origin, Transmission, and Limitations is a scholarly study by Bruce M. Metzger that examines the history, textual significance, and constraints of the earliest translations of the New Testament.
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Target entity: The New Testament in the Original Greek
Target entity description: 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.

A. A Textual Commentary on the Greek New Testament
A Textual Commentary on the Greek New Testament is Bruce M. Metzger’s influential scholarly work that explains significant textual variants in the New Testament and the reasoning behind their evaluation in modern critical editions.
B. The Text of the New Testament: Its Transmission, Corruption, and Restoration
The Text of the New Testament: Its Transmission, Corruption, and Restoration is a foundational scholarly work on New Testament textual criticism, examining how the text was copied, altered, and reconstructed over time.
C. Remarks on the Uses of the Definitive Article in the Greek Text of the New Testament
"Remarks on the Uses of the Definitive Article in the Greek Text of the New Testament" is an influential 18th-century grammatical and theological treatise that formulated what is now known as Granville Sharp’s rule, significantly impacting New Testament Greek studies and Christological interpretation.
D. New Testament textual apparatus
The New Testament textual apparatus is a critical tool in biblical scholarship that presents and evaluates the variant readings of New Testament manuscripts to help determine the most reliable text.
E. The Early Versions of the New Testament: Their Origin, Transmission, and Limitations
The Early Versions of the New Testament: Their Origin, Transmission, and Limitations is a scholarly study by Bruce M. Metzger that examines the history, textual significance, and constraints of the earliest translations of the New Testament.
F. None of above. chosen

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instanceOf	biblical text ⓘ critical edition of the Greek New Testament ⓘ scholarly edition ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Westcott and Hort Greek New Testament ⓘ Westcott–Hort text ⓘ linked to: Westcott and Hort text
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 ⓘ Fenton John Anthony Hort ⓘ
editorRole	Hort served as co-editor and textual critic ⓘ linked to: Westcott and Hort Greek New Testament Westcott served as co-editor and textual critic ⓘ linked to: Westcott and Hort Greek New Testament
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 ⓘ linked to: English Revised Version Nestle–Aland Novum Testamentum Graece ⓘ linked to: Nestle-Aland Novum Testamentum Graece United Bible Societies Greek New Testament ⓘ modern critical editions of the Greek New Testament ⓘ
language	Greek ⓘ Koine Greek ⓘ
methodologicalPrinciple	reasoned eclecticism ⓘ
placeOfPublication	London ⓘ linked to: London, England
publicationCentury	19th century ⓘ
publicationYear	1881 ⓘ
publisher	Macmillan ⓘ linked to: Macmillan Publishers
rejects	Textus Receptus as primary base text ⓘ
religiousTradition	Christianity ⓘ
status	highly influential in modern biblical scholarship ⓘ
subject	New Testament ⓘ
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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Fenton John Anthony Hort → wrote → The New Testament in the Original Greek: Introduction and Appendix ⓘ

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Westcott and Hort Greek New Testament → alsoKnownAs → The New Testament in the Original Greek ⓘ

Westcott and Hort Greek New Testament → componentWork → The New Testament in the Original Greek: Text ⓘ

linked to: The New Testament in the Original Greek

Westcott and Hort Greek New Testament → componentWork → The New Testament in the Original Greek: Introduction and Appendix ⓘ

linked to: The New Testament in the Original Greek

Fenton John Anthony Hort → notableWork → The New Testament in the Original Greek ⓘ

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