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CONTENTS OF INTRODUCTION
PAR. | PAGES | |
92. | (a) (b) and (d) identical in principle, the best attested reading of (a) and (b) corresponding to the one reading of (d); while in (c) decision rests on both Intrinsic and Transcriptional Evidence | 70 |
B. 93—95. Removal of primitive errors by conjecture | 71, 72 | |
93. | Necessity of distinguishing recognition of primitive error from correction of it | 71 |
94. | Conjectural emendation founded on combination of Intrinsic and Transcriptional Evidence | 71 |
95. | The N. T. but slightly affected by the need of it | 72 |
PART III | ||
APPLICATION OF PRINCIPLES OF CRITICISM TO THE TEXT OF THE NEW TESTAMENT | 73—287 | |
96. | Identity of methods for the N. T. and for other books, with difference of evidence | 73 |
CHAPTER I. PRELIMINARY CHRONOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DOCUMENTS (97—128) | 73—90 | |
97. | Greek MSS, Versions, Fathers | 73 |
A. 98—106. Greek MSS. | ||
98. | The four great uncial Bibles | 74 |
99. | Contents of other uncials | 75 |
100. | Chronological distribution of other uncials | 75 |
101. | Bilingual uncials | 75 |
102. | Cursives | 76 |
103. | Greek Lectionaries | 76 |
104. | Imperfect knowledge of cursives; | 76 |
105. | within what limits more complete knowledge could affect the text | 77 |
106. | Uncials almost completely known | 77 |
B. 107—122. Versions | 78—86 | |
107. | The chief groups, Latin, Syriac, Egyptian | 78 |
108. | The Old Latin, (1) African, | 78 |
109. | The Old Latin, (2) European, | 78 |
110. | The Old Latin, (3) Italian | 79 |
111. | The Vulgate Latin | 80 |
112. | Corruption of the Latin Vulgate by mixture, and successive attempts to purify it | 81 |
113. | The extant Old Latin documents for the Gospels | 81 |