| The New Testament in the Original Greek 2 Volume Paperback Set Contributor(s): Westcott, Brooke Foss (Editor), Hort, Fenton John Anthony (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1108007104 ISBN-13: 9781108007108 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $118.75 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Biblical Studies - New Testament - General - History |
| Dewey: 225 |
| Series: Cambridge Library Collection: Religion (Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 2.7" H x 5.6" W x 8.5" (2.95 lbs) 1136 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Christian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The publication in 1881 of The New Testament in the Original Greek, by the Cambridge scholars Brooke Foss Westcott (1825-1901) and Fenton John Anthony Hort (1828-92), marked the culmination of twenty-eight years of work and revolutionised the theory and methods of New Testament textual criticism. The editors broke with tradition and reconstructed a critical text based on the third-century uncial manuscripts Codex Vaticanus and Codex Sinaiticus, paving the way for future editions. 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'. |
