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Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
The publication in 1881 of The New Testament in the Original Greek,
by the Cambridge scholars Brooke Foss Westcott (1825 1901) and
Fenton John Anthony Hort (1828 1892), marked the culmination of
twenty-eight years of work and revolutionised the theory and
methods of New Testament textual criticism. The editors broke with
tradition and reconstructed a critical text based on the
third-century uncial manuscripts Codex Vaticanus and Codex
Sinaiticus, paving the way for future editions. Westcott and Hort's
claim to reconstruct the 'original text' may seem extravagant
today; but according to Bruce Metzger theirs was the 'most
noteworthy critical edition of the Greek Testament ever produced by
British scholarship'. This second volume contains the reconstructed
text. Readings that the editors thought were possible contenders
for the original are printed in the margin; other readings, judged
to be of value but appearing later, are given in the appendix.
The publication in 1881 of The New Testament in the Original Greek,
by the Cambridge scholars Brooke Foss Westcott (1825 1901) and
Fenton John Anthony Hort (1828 1892), marked the culmination of
twenty-eight years of work and an innovation in the theory and
methods of New Testament textual criticism. This first of two
volumes contains a detailed discussion of the theories and methods
behind the reconstructed text, sets out the editors' theory of
text-types, and justifies their choice to break with the dominant
use of the Textus Receptus. It argues for the Neutral Text,
represented by the uncials Codex Vaticanus and Codex Sinaiticus, as
being the earliest and least corrupt form. Westcott and Hort's
claim to reconstruct the 'original text' may seem extravagant today
but according to Bruce Metzger theirs was the 'most noteworthy
critical edition of the Greek Testament ever produced by British
scholarship'.
This annotated edition of The Acts of The Apostles was prepared for
classroom use by Thomas Ethelbert Page, a schoolmaster at
Charterhouse, and published in 1886. The text is taken directly
from the critical edition of the New Testament in Greek published
by Fenton Hort and Brooke Westcott in 1881, the most authoritative
version then available. Page's extensive annotations (over two
hundred pages to accompany seventy pages of text) aimed to provide
an explanation of the Greek text free of doctrinal discussions and
moral reflections, unlike most existing commentaries which Page
found 'quite unadapted for practical work with boys'. Page
endeavoured to make the translation process as straightforward as
possible and his extensive commentary offers a clear and simple
understanding of the text. His book is still a useful guide for
those approaching the Greek text for the first time.
Brooke Foss Westcott (1825 1901) was a British theologian who held
the position of Bishop of Durham from 1890 until his death. First
published in 1912, as the second edition of an 1879 original, this
volume presents the complete text of the Book of Psalms arranged by
Westcott 'so as to ensure an intelligent musical rendering of each
clause of the separate verses'. The text was revised and edited for
its second edition by the British organist and composer of hymns
Arthur Henry Mann (1850 1929). This book will be of value to anyone
with an interest in the Psalms, choral music and Church history."
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