Introduction to the textual criticism of the Greek New TestamentNestle, Eberhard
Religion
Introduction to the textual criticism of the Greek New Testament
Nestle, Eberhard
Bible. New Testament -- Criticism, Textual
It is impossible to enumerate here editions of separate books of the New
Testament. Many of these are in the form of Commentaries. In addition to
the works of Blass, to which reference will be made later, mention may
be made here of a recent and most thorough piece of work—viz., _The
Gospel according to St. Mark: The Greek Text, with Introduction and
Notes_, by Henry Barclay SWETE, D.D., pp. cx. 412 (London, Macmillan,
1898); also of _The Gospel according to St. Luke after the Westcott-Hort
text, edited with parallels, illustrations, various readings, and
notes_, by the Rev. Arthur Wright: London, Macmillan, 1900; and of
Hilgenfeld’s edition of the Acts in Greek and Latin. Berlin, 1899.
[Sidenote: Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha.]
Nor can we enter particularly the field of early Christian Apocrypha and
Pseudepigrapha. Those who cannot obtain Hilgenfeld’s _Novum Testamentum
extra Canonem Receptum_, or Resch’s _Agrapha_, or the editions of
Tischendorf, Lipsius, and Bonnet, will find a handy and inexpensive
selection in my _Supplement_ to Gebhardt’s editions of Tischendorf.
LITERATURE.—_Novi Testamenti Graeci Supplementum editionibus de
Gebhardt-Tischendorfianis adcommodavit Eb. Nestle. Insunt Codicis
Cantabrigiensis Collatio, Evangeliorum deperditorum Fragmenta, Dicta
Salvatoris Agrapha, Alia._ Lipsiae (Tauchnitz), 1896, pp. 96.
There can be no question that in these last mentioned editions which
have been brought out at the end of the nineteenth century, we have a
text corresponding far more closely to the original than that contained
in the first editions of the Greek New Testament issued at the beginning
of the sixteenth century, on which are based the translations into
modern languages used in the Christian churches of Europe at the present
time. It would be a vast mistake, however, to conclude from the textual
agreement displayed in these latest editions, that research in this
department of New Testament study has reached its goal. Just as
explorers, in excavating the ruined temples of Olympia or Delphi, are
able from the fragments they discover to reconstruct the temple, to
their mind’s eye at least, in its ancient glory—albeit it is actually in
ruins—so too, much work remains to be done ere even all the materials
are re-collected, and the plan determined which shall permit us to
restore the Temple of the New Testament Scriptures to its original form.
Footnote 2:
They were reinserted in the library on the 23rd August.
Footnote 3:
Mary’s Hymn, Luke i. 46-55; and Hymn of Zacharias, Luke i. 68-79.
Footnote 4:
“Nec eis sane quibuslibet, sed vetustissimis simul et emendatissimis.”
Footnote 5:
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
Reviews
Reviews
No reviews yet
Be the first to share your thoughts on this work.
Join the Discussion
Join the discussion
Sign in to leave a comment or review.
Sign InorCreate an account