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CONTENTS OF INTRODUCTION
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| Section VI. Review of previous criticism with reference to ancient texts (244—255) | 179–186 | |
| A. 244—246. Foundation of historical criticism by Mill, Bentley, and Bengel | 179—181 | |
| 244. | The necessity of considering the studies of Cent. xviii on ancient texts | 179 |
| 245. | Mill's detached criticisms: importance of Bentley's principle of Greek and Latin consent; not directly embodied in a text before Lachmann; | 180 |
| 246. | but instrumental in suggesting Bengel's classification of documents by 'nations' or 'families' | 180 |
| B. 247—249. Development of historical criticism by Griesbach, in contrast with Hug's theory of recensions | 181–183 | |
| 247. | Bengel followed by Semler and others, but especially Griesbach: misunderstandings arising from the ambiguity of the term 'recension' | 181 |
| 248. | Hug's comparatively true view of the Western text, and his fanciful theory of recensions founded on words of Jerome | 181 |
| 249. | Griesbach's disproof of the existence of the supposed Origenian recension: the Syrian recension perhaps due to Lucianus: the possibility of a recension by Hesychius | 182 |
| C. 250—253. Defects of Griesbach's criticism | 183—185 | |
| 250. | Griesbach's confusion between classification of ancient texts and of extant documents, and consequent inadequate sense of mixture, and neglect of groupings: | 183 |
| 251. | his confusion of Alexandrian readings with readings preserved chiefly at Alexandria, and consequent failure to detect neutral readings: | 183 |
| 252. | his excessive confidence in Transcriptional Probability: and his use of the Received Text as a basis | 184 |
| 253. | The limitations of view in Griesbach, and in the critics of Cent. xviii generally, due to the slenderness and the peculiar character of the materials accessible to them | 185 |
| D. 254, 255. Permanent value of Griesbach's criticism | 185, 186 | |
| 254. | Griesbach's greatness as a critic: his criticism historical in character, and derived from classification of the actual phenomena: the validity of its principle and chief results not affected by his later observations | 185 |
| 255. | Disregard of the genealogical basis laid down by Griesbach an element of insecurity in the texts of his successors | 186 |
