Book Submission for Christian Publishing House, https://www.logos.com/product/46572/studies-in-the-theory-and-method-of-new-test, View all posts by Christian Publishing House. Shows (by color coding and word notes) grammatical details within the Greek language. Westcott and Hort distinguished four text types in their studies. Once we understand that we become aware of some of the shortcomings of the KJV. As the Christian message was . I urge you not to do this. To understand Westcott and Hort, you must first understand textual criticism. For those books, C. D. Ginsburgs Hebrew text was used. I have used the NIV for comparison. Throw away the bones.. New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures, Westcott and Horts Greek New Testament, Nestle-Aland Greek New Testament, Hebrew J documents, as well as various other families of Hebrew and Greek manuscripts. Goal:Distributed by Way of Life Literature Inc., the Fundamental Baptist Information Service is an e-mail posting for Bible-believing Christians. Masoretic Text, Textus Receptus (Estienne 1550), The Living TorahandThe Living Nach. The links below give us plenty of information to add detail to my brief comments. I have never personally come across anyone that actually believes it, but some scholars do. In the court room they tell it to the judge as it is, yet when the judge hears each of their stories, the witnesses do not agree. 2012-2016 Way of Life Literature Inc. v.ssl.1. Now, over 100 years later, the KJV and its Textus Receptus stand nearly alone against the This Majority Text was made from more than five thousand (5000+) manuscripts. John 8? Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition, Masoretic Text (Biblia Hebraica), Textus Receptus Greek text, Popular Messianic Translation by the Institute for Scripture Research, This version is based on a limited 3000 word vocabulary and everyday sentence structure it is also known as the Plain English Bible, the International English Bible, and the God Chasers Extreme New Testament. False claim #1: Writing that his father had a lifelong faith in what for lack of a better name, one must call Spiritualism, the son of famed biblical Greek text editor B. F. Westcott admits to considerable public alarm at his fathers activity. (Jack Chick,Battle Cry,July/August 1993 issue). by Dr. James Murdock. Nida (a follower of Westcott-hort) had already formally entered into a Concordat with the Vatican through the United Bible Societies back in 1966, when the UBS became the front line publishers of the Greek Text used in all protestant seminaries around the world, and it still is today. It should also be noted that the writings of John W. Burgon, Edward Hills, Benjamin C. Wilkinson will be greatly edifying. The Western Peshitto is virtually the same as the Eastern Peshitta, besides the addition of 2Peter, 2John, 3John, Jude and Revelation. The fact is that the Westcott-Hort text represents the first widely-accepted departure from the Received Text in the post-Reformation era, and the modern English versions descend directly from the W-H text. HE DETHRONED THE TEXTUS RECEPTUS. BOTH REPRESENT THE SAME TYPE OF TEXT WITH THE SAME TYPE OF DEPARTURES FROM THE RECEIVED TEXT. Many planks of Darwins theories have been discredited, but Darwin and his theories are important because of their key, pivotal role in the field.Consider another quote, this one from Dr. Zane Hodges:MODERN TEXTUAL CRITICISM IS PSYCHOLOGICALLY ADDICTED TO WESTCOTT AND HORT. I, p.119), There are several problems with the claim as made by Chick and Riplinger. Without thinking or looking deeper into the matter, they blindly assume that every Bible is the same. (7) Which is inerrant the Latin Vulgate Erasmus used to make some of the Textus Receptus or the Byzantine texts? Westcott and Hort | Bible Ready In 1981 Metzger said: The international committee that produced the United Bible Societies Greek New Testament, not only adopted the Westcott and Hort edition as its basic text, but followed their methodology in giving attention to both external and internal consideration. This criticism aside, the Westcott and Hort text is extremely reliable. serve us and God well in what they provide. 118:8 Putting our confidence in God and not man, it seems apparent our Lord has kept His promise and that His Word is faithfully preserved in over 5000 witnesses! The new Bible versions are not based on Erasmus' Textus Receptus. The following are quotes of Westcott and Hort, found in Riplingers book. In 1851 Westcott was ordained an Anglican "priest" and Hort in 1856: their careers were spent mostly in academic positions rather than pastorates. The Westcott-Hort text is an eclectic text. There are quite a number of conservative Bible scholars who might disagree with the Greek text of Westcott and Hort and there favoring the Alexandrian family of Greek texts. First, and most importantly, notice that the quote had wantof (lackof, e.g. This combination of claim and quote comes from the July/August 1993 issue of Battle Cry, the newspaper put out by Jack Chick. The Westcott-Hort Greek text is very significant and its editors are highly significant to the history of textual criticism. The maxims which they enunciated on questions of the text are of such importance. (Souter 1913, 118) They took all imaginable factors into consideration in laboring to resolve the difficulties that conflicting texts presented, and when two readings had equal weight, they indicated that in their text. Before delving into whether Westcott and Hort were Occultists or unbelievers, let us look at their work first. He has been a financial adviser for over 30 years. It appears to me that in this, as in all spiritual questions, Holy Scripture is our supreme guide. This Greek NT was the basis for the Revised Version of that same year. This Greek New Testament was the basis for the Revised Version of that same year. (1881). Using the KJV/Textus Receptus line (or its variants) makes us look foolish (not fools for Christ, just fools!) Who were Westcott and Hort, and what did they have to do with the text Masoretic Text,Textus Receptus, Tyndale 1526 NT, some Erasmus manuscripts, and Bezae 1598 TR. To deny their influence is similar to denying the influence of Darwin on contemporary evolutionary thought. He has been working in the apologetic area since his teens. Readings are to be preferred that are found in a manuscript that habitually contains superior readings as determined by intrinsic and transcriptional probability. What Does the Bible Really Teach About ________? No Christian truth is affected by any of the variations of translation due to textual differences. Textual criticism is flawed because mans judgment is by nature flawed with bias. THE DEAD HAND OF FENTON JOHN ANTHONY HORT LIES HEAVY UPON US. You could say that Over five thousand witnesses agree, this New Testament is Gods holy Word.
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