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Peshitta = majority text ?
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ograabe Wrote:I am having difficulty in understanding the historical and functional differences among the following Greek New Testament texts:

(1) Byzantine Text
(2) Greek Orthodox Church NT
(3) Textus Receptus (1550)
(4) Scrivener's 1894 Textus Receptus
(5) Modern versions of the Textus Receptus
(6) Majority Text.

Is one of 1-5 the so-called "Majority Text"?

Thanks for any help..

Sincerely,

Otto

Shlama Otto,

Here's how I understand it:

Byzantine/Majority Text

The "Byzantine Text" is the "Majority Text" i.e. the majority of all Greek mss are of the Byzantine text-type.

Greek Orthodox Church NT

This is the official NT of the Eastern Orthodox churches, which is used in the Greek-speaking EO parishes and is the NT text used for all EO Bible translations (modern Greek, Russian, Bulgarian, Serbian, ect.). It's known as the "Patriarchal Text" by EO Christians, as it was commissioned and approved by the Patriarch. This text was compiled at Mt. Athos, Greece in 1904 from 20 Byzantine mss, so it also belongs to the Byzantine text-type. It's very close to the modern editions of the Majority Text (Robinson-Pierpont, Hodges & Farstad). Here's a good English translation: <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.orthodoxanswers.org/eob/download/nt6x9.pdf">http://www.orthodoxanswers.org/eob/download/nt6x9.pdf</a><!-- m -->

Textus Receptus (Stephanus 1550 & Scrivener 1894)

Intro to EOB NT Wrote:The Textus Receptus (Latin: ???received text???) is the name subsequently given to the succession of printed Greek texts of the New Testament which constituted the translation base for the original German Luther Bible. The TR was also used for the translation of the New Testament into English by William Tyndale, of the King James Version, and for most other Reformation-era New Testament translations throughout Western and Central Europe. This series of printed texts originated with the first printed Greek New Testament to be published. This project was undertaken in Basel in 1516 by Desiderius Erasmus, a Dutch Roman Catholic scholar and humanist. This first TR was assembled on the basis of six manuscripts which put together did not actually contain the entirity of the New Testament. For this reason, the Erasmus TR is especially problematic for the book of Revelation. Although based mainly on late manuscripts of the Byzantine text-type, Erasmus??? edition differed markedly from the classic form of that text. In 1,838 places (1,005 translatable) Textus Receptus differs from the Byzantine text-type (Majority Text). The TR was subsequently revised by Robert Estienne (known as Stefanus) (1503-1559), a printer from Paris, who edited four times the Greek New Testament, 1546, 1549, 1550, and 1551. The origin of the term ???Textus Receptus??? comes from the publisher's preface to the 1633 edition produced by the Elzevir brothers in Amsterdam.

The 1550 revision of the TR by Stephanus is the text that was used for the KJV. Scrivener's 1894 revision is the latest one as far as I'm aware. While the TR is a Byzantine text, it contains too many interpolations from the Vulgate to be classified under "Majority Text".

Hope that helps.
Shalom, Shlama, Salaam & Yiasou.
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Peshitta = majority text ? - by EEChO - 06-12-2009, 08:11 PM
Re: Peshitta = majority text ? - by Christina - 06-12-2009, 11:04 PM
Re: Peshitta = majority text ? - by EEChO - 06-16-2009, 11:13 AM
Re: Peshitta = majority text ? - by ograabe - 06-18-2009, 04:29 AM
Re: Peshitta = majority text ? - by Christina - 06-18-2009, 12:30 PM
Re: Peshitta = majority text ? - by ograabe - 06-19-2009, 02:25 AM
Re: Peshitta = majority text ? - by EEChO - 06-19-2009, 01:35 PM
Re: Peshitta = majority text ? - by ograabe - 06-19-2009, 02:58 PM
Re: Peshitta = majority text ? - by EEChO - 06-20-2009, 07:36 AM
Re: Peshitta = majority text ? - by Christina - 06-20-2009, 10:04 PM
Re: Peshitta = majority text ? - by ograabe - 06-21-2009, 03:05 AM
Re: Peshitta = majority text ? - by Christina - 06-22-2009, 08:25 AM
Re: Peshitta = majority text ? - by lonmartin - 01-10-2011, 02:17 AM
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