A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, Vol. II.Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose
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A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, Vol. II.
Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose
Bible. New Testament -- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Two attempts are being made now to restore the text of St. Jerome: that of
Dr. Peter Corssen, of Berlin, and the Oxford edition under the hands of
the Bishop of Salisbury. Dr. Corssen’s published results at present
consist only of the Epistle to the Galatians (“Epistula ad Galatas,”
Berlin, Weidmann, 1885), but he has been spending several years in the
accumulation of material, and other books of the New Testament will
probably be published before very long. The Bishop of Salisbury after
nearly eleven years’ preparation, in conjunction with the Rev. H. J. White
and other friends, published the first volume of his edition, containing
St. Matthew’s Gospel, in 1889; St. Mark following in 1891, and St. Luke in
1892; and it is hoped that the rest of the New Testament may be published
in due course. More than thirty MSS., those numbered 5, 6, 18, 21, 28, 29,
37, 41, 51, 56, 64, 67, 68, 72, 77, 78, 82, 85, 86, 87, 91, 97, 98, 106,
115, 128, 129, 130, 132, 147, 148, 153, 154, 159, 175 below, have been
carefully collated throughout for this edition, and a large number of
others are cited in all the important passages, besides _correctoria_, and
the more noticeable of the earlier printed Bibles.
To enumerate all the known MSS. of the Old Latin version was an easy task;
to enumerate those of the Vulgate is almost impossible. It is computed
that there are at least 8,000 scattered throughout the various Libraries
of Europe, and M. Samuel Berger, the greatest living authority on the
subject, has examined more than 800 in Paris alone. Nor would an
exhaustive enumeration be of much critical value, as a large number of
comparatively late MSS. probably contain the same corrupt type of text.
In the following list it is hoped that most of the really important MSS.
are included; the writer has had the unwearied and invaluable aid of M.
Samuel Berger(91), besides that of many other kind friends, in its
compilation. It has been thought best to arrange the MSS. on a double
system; _first_ according to their contents:—A. Bibles, whole or
incomplete; B. New Testament; C. Gospels; D. Acts and onwards; E. Epistles
and Apocalypse; and _secondly_ under each of these heads, A-E, according
to countries (alphabetically):—Austria, British Isles, France, Germany,
Holland, Italy, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United States.
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