Textual Criticism

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Textual Criticism

Reconstructing Original Text

Threefold Task

Evaluate/Assess Evidence: Evaluating Variant readings is

Evaluate/Assess Evidence: Evaluating Variant readings is

Evaluate/Assess Evidence: Evaluating Variant readings is

Evaluate/Assess Evidence: Evaluating Variant readings is

Contemporary Approaches

External Evidence

Internal Evidence

Transcription Matters

Matters of Style/Content

Textual Criticism: Issues

Word of God

Evaluation of Variant Readings: A Process for Beginners

I. Organize the Data

Reading the Apparatus: A Sample

Geography/text-type information: A Sample, continued

II. Evaluate External Evidence

III. Evaluate Internal Evidence

IV. Make a Decision

Reading a Variant:

Author: James L. Boyce