The New Testament
A Historical and Theological Introduction
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Chapter
42. The Transmission of the Text
Questions for Research and Discussion
- With some detail describe the principles that textual critics use to analyze internal evidence? How reliable are these principles?
- Outline the history of the text of the NT from Constantine to Westcott and Hort.
- Discuss the importance of Westcott and Hort with regard to the Greek NT.
- How prevalent are textual variants in the NT? Does this affect the reliability of the NT?
- Discuss the development of the King James Version. Upon what texts and/or manuscripts was it based? How does it compare with the Revised Version?