Westcott and Hort text

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19th-century biblical text edition Greek New Testament text critical edition of the Greek New Testament

The Westcott and Hort text is a critical 19th-century edition of the Greek New Testament that relies heavily on earlier Alexandrian manuscripts and significantly influenced modern biblical scholarship and translations.

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Label	Occurrences
Westcott and Hort text canonical	1
Westcott-Hort text	1
Westcott–Hort text	1

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Target entity: Westcott and Hort text
Context triple: [Textus Receptus, contrastedWith, Westcott and Hort text]

A. Corpus
Corpus is a common shortened name for Corpus Christi College, one of the historic constituent colleges of the University of Cambridge.
B. Houlston and Wright
Houlston and Wright was a 19th-century British publishing firm known for producing popular household and reference works.
C. Norton Critical Editions
Norton Critical Editions is a renowned series of scholarly annotated texts that combine authoritative editions of literary works with critical essays, contextual documents, and editorial commentary for students and scholars.
D. Ticknor and Fields
Ticknor and Fields was a prominent 19th-century American publishing house based in Boston, known for issuing works by leading New England authors and shaping the era’s literary culture.
E. The Carletonian
The Carletonian is the student-run newspaper of Carleton College, covering campus news, events, and student perspectives.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

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Target entity: Westcott and Hort text
Target entity description: The Westcott and Hort text is a critical 19th-century edition of the Greek New Testament that relies heavily on earlier Alexandrian manuscripts and significantly influenced modern biblical scholarship and translations.

A. Corpus
Corpus is a common shortened name for Corpus Christi College, one of the historic constituent colleges of the University of Cambridge.
B. Houlston and Wright
Houlston and Wright was a 19th-century British publishing firm known for producing popular household and reference works.
C. Norton Critical Editions
Norton Critical Editions is a renowned series of scholarly annotated texts that combine authoritative editions of literary works with critical essays, contextual documents, and editorial commentary for students and scholars.
D. Ticknor and Fields
Ticknor and Fields was a prominent 19th-century American publishing house based in Boston, known for issuing works by leading New England authors and shaping the era’s literary culture.
E. The Carletonian
The Carletonian is the student-run newspaper of Carleton College, covering campus news, events, and student perspectives.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	19th-century biblical text edition ⓘ Greek New Testament text ⓘ critical edition of the Greek New Testament ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	The New Testament in the Original Greek ⓘ Westcott and Hort Greek New Testament ⓘ
approach	eclectic textual criticism ⓘ
basis	Alexandrian text-type manuscripts ⓘ Codex Sinaiticus ⓘ Codex Vaticanus ⓘ
century	19th century ⓘ
componentOf	history of the Greek New Testament text ⓘ
contains	Greek text of the New Testament ⓘ
contrastedWith	Majority Text ⓘ linked to: Majority text Textus Receptus ⓘ
countryOfPrimaryUse	United Kingdom ⓘ United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
dateRangeOfPreparation	circa 1850s–1881 ⓘ
discipline	New Testament textual criticism ⓘ
editor	Brooke Foss Westcott ⓘ Fenton John Anthony Hort ⓘ
emphasizes	earliest available manuscripts ⓘ internal evidence of readings ⓘ
format	printed book ⓘ
hasPart	Introduction explaining textual theory ⓘ apparatus of variant readings ⓘ
impact	reduced reliance on Textus Receptus in scholarship ⓘ shifted scholarly preference toward Alexandrian readings ⓘ
includes	critical apparatus ⓘ
influenced	English Standard Version ⓘ Nestle text of the Greek New Testament ⓘ linked to: Nestle-Aland Novum Testamentum Graece Nestle-Aland Novum Testamentum Graece ⓘ New American Standard Bible ⓘ New International Version ⓘ Revised Version of the Bible ⓘ United Bible Societies Greek New Testament ⓘ modern English Bible translations ⓘ
language	Koine Greek ⓘ
publicationYear	1881 ⓘ
publisherLocation	United Kingdom ⓘ
religiousTradition	Christianity ⓘ
status	foundational work in modern New Testament textual criticism ⓘ
subject	New Testament ⓘ
textTypeEmphasized	Alexandrian text-type ⓘ
theory	Syrian (Byzantine) text as later recension ⓘ genealogical method of manuscripts ⓘ
usedFor	Bible translation ⓘ academic study of the New Testament ⓘ textual comparison with later editions ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Textus Receptus → contrastedWith → Westcott and Hort text ⓘ

Westcott and Hort Greek New Testament → alsoKnownAs → Westcott-Hort text ⓘ

linked to: Westcott and Hort text

The New Testament in the Original Greek → alsoKnownAs → Westcott–Hort text ⓘ