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The Doctrine of Scripture (2)

The Doctrine of Scripture (2). The Canonicity, Transmission & Translation of the Bible. Transmission of Scripture. Important Question:. How can we be certain that we have today is an accurate, reliable reproduction of what was originally written?. Transmission of Scripture.

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The Doctrine of Scripture (2)

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  1. The Doctrine of Scripture (2) The Canonicity, Transmission & Translation of the Bible

  2. Transmission of Scripture Important Question: • How can we be certain that we have today is an accurate, reliable reproduction of what was originally written?

  3. Transmission of Scripture Textual Criticism • “the study of the copies of any written work of which the original is unknown, with the purpose of ascertaining the original text” (Greenlee, Introduction to New Testament Criticism; Rev. Ed.; 1995)

  4. Transmission of Scripture NT Textual Criticism • Scope of textual variants • the percentage of variants in the NT is about 7%; 93% of the NT contains no variants! • 85% of these variants are consider insignificant – spelling, word order, tense • between 1% and 2% of the NT contains substantial variants (e.g. Mark 16:9-20; John 7:53-8:11)

  5. Transmission of Scripture NT Textual Criticism • Scope of textual variants • over 98% of our Greek NT is free of any substantial variants! • while we do not have the original manuscripts, we most certainly have the original text in the various manuscripts

  6. Transmission of Scripture History of Transmission (NT) A. Early Period (before 325 A.D.) • introduction of most textual variants • not copied by professional scribes • no opportunity to establish an official edition • emergence of local “text-types”

  7. Transmission of Scripture History of Transmission (NT) B. Standardized Text (4th - 8th centuries) • important events: Edit of Milan (313); capital moved to Constantinople (330); Latin Vulgate (384) • emergence of a secondary text-type through the conflation of MMS (harmonization, smoothing) • the perpetuation of this “Byzantine” text-type in the Greek-speaking church

  8. Transmission of Scripture History of Transmission (NT) C. The “Received Text” (1516-1633) • 1516 – Erasmus published the first Greek NT; it was based on six Greek MMS (basis on the KJV) • 1550 – Stephanus published four editions; used Erasmus and 15 MMS (verse numeration) • 1624-1678 – Elzevir brothers published seven editions; used the phrase “the text now received by all” – “Textus Receptus” (TR)

  9. Transmission of Scripture History of Transmission (NT) D. The Age of the Critical Text • Johann Griesbach (1775-1806) – first scholar to abandoned the TR; divided MMS into text-types • Karl Lachmann (1831) – first to publish a Greek NT based entirely on text-critical principles • Tischendorf – discovered and published 21 uncial MMS (Sinaiticus-1859); eight editions of the Greek NT (1841-1872)

  10. Transmission of Scripture History of Transmission (NT) D. The Age of the Critical Text • Westcott & Hort – published their critical edition of the Greek NT in 1881 after 28 yrs. of work; included a volume detailing their textual principles All modern English versions of the NT are based on subsequent versions of the Greek critical text

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