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The Traditional Text of the Holy Gospels — John William Burgon

The Traditional Text of the Holy Gospels

John William Burgon

  • Essays
  • Book language: English
  • 407 pages

A posthumous collection of essays on New Testament textual criticism, edited by Edward Miller. John William Burgon defends the traditional Greek text of the Gospels and examines manuscripts, Church Fathers, and early Syriac and Western versions. It offers a careful case for readers interested in how the biblical text was transmitted and defended.

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Contents

  1. Contents
  2. Preface.
  3. Introduction.
  4. Chapter I. Preliminary Grounds.
  5. Chapter II. Principles.
  6. Chapter III. The Seven Notes Of Truth.
  7. Chapter IV. The Vatican And Sinaitic Manuscripts.
  8. Chapter V. The Antiquity of the Traditional Text113. I. Witness of the Early Fathers.
  9. Chapter VI. The Antiquity Of The Traditional Text. II. Witness of the Early Syriac Versions.
  10. Chapter VII. The Antiquity Of The Traditional Text. III. Witness of the Western or Syrio-Low-Latin Text.
  11. Chapter VIII. Alexandria and Caesarea.
  12. Chapter IX. The Old Uncials. The Influence Of Origen.
  13. Chapter X. The Old Uncials. Codex D.
  14. Chapter XI. The Later Uncials And The Cursives.
  15. Chapter XII. Conclusion.
  16. Appendix I. Honeycomb—ἀπὸ μελισσίου κηρίου.
  17. Appendix II. Ὄξος—Vinegar.
  18. Appendix III. The Rich Young Man.
  19. Appendix IV. St. Mark i. 1.
  20. Appendix V. The Sceptical Character Of B And א.
  21. Appendix VI. The Peshitto And Curetonian.
  22. Appendix VII. The Last Twelve Verses Of St. Mark's Gospel.
  23. Appendix VIII. New Editions Of The Peshitto-Syriac And The Harkleian-Syriac Versions.
  24. General Index.
  25. Index II. Passages Of The New Testament Commented On.
  26. Footnotes

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