Majority text

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The Majority text is a form of the Greek New Testament text that reflects the readings found in the majority of surviving Byzantine manuscripts and underlies the traditional ecclesiastical text used in Eastern Orthodoxy.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Majority Text 5
Majority Textform 1
Majority text canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Byzantine text-type ⓘ
Greek New Testament text-type ⓘ
New Testament textual tradition ⓘ
advocatedBy Arthur L. Farstad NERFINISHED ⓘ
Maurice A. Robinson ⓘ
William G. Pierpont ⓘ
Zane C. Hodges ⓘ
associatedWith Byzantine text-type ⓘ
contrastedWith Alexandrian text-type ⓘ
Critical text of the Greek New Testament ⓘ
Nestle-Aland text ⓘ
United Bible Societies Greek New Testament ⓘ
evaluatedBy New Testament textual criticism ⓘ
geographicalCenter Byzantine Empire ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Byzantine Majority Text ⓘ
linked to: Byzantine text-type

Majority Textform ⓘ
linked to: Majority text

Traditional text ⓘ
hasEdition The Greek New Testament According to the Majority Text (Hodges-Farstad) ⓘ
The New Testament in the Original Greek: Byzantine Textform (Robinson-Pierpont) ⓘ
hasFeature expansions and clarifications in some verses ⓘ
fuller liturgical and doctrinally explicit readings in some passages ⓘ
harmonizing readings in parallel Gospel passages ⓘ
historicalUse dominant Greek New Testament text in the medieval Byzantine church ⓘ
includes Acts ⓘ
Catholic Epistles ⓘ
Gospels ⓘ
Pauline Epistles ⓘ
Revelation ⓘ
influenced Textus Receptus tradition ⓘ
linked to: Textus Receptus

some Reformation-era vernacular Bible translations ⓘ
language Koine Greek ⓘ
manuscriptType primarily minuscule manuscripts ⓘ
relatedConcept ecclesiastical text ⓘ
majority principle in textual criticism ⓘ
scripturePortion New Testament ⓘ
supportsDoctrineOf providential preservation of Scripture (in some theological views) ⓘ
textualBasis Byzantine manuscripts ⓘ
linked to: Codex Basilensis

majority of surviving Greek New Testament manuscripts ⓘ
textualPrinciple emphasis on continuity of ecclesiastical usage ⓘ
preference for readings supported by the numerical majority of manuscripts ⓘ
timeDepth attested especially from the 9th century onward ⓘ
underlies traditional ecclesiastical text of the Greek New Testament ⓘ
usedFor liturgical readings in Eastern Orthodoxy ⓘ
traditional lectionaries in Eastern Orthodoxy ⓘ
usedIn Eastern Orthodox Church ⓘ
viewedByProponentsAs best representation of the original New Testament text ⓘ
viewedBySomeAs later standardized form of the New Testament text ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (7)

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

Byzantine text-type → alsoKnownAs → Majority text ⓘ
United Bible Societies Greek New Testament → comparedWith → Majority Text ⓘ
linked to: Majority text
Textus Receptus → contrastedWith → Majority Text ⓘ
subject linked to: Received Text
linked to: Majority text
Westcott and Hort text → contrastedWith → Majority Text ⓘ
linked to: Majority text
Majority text → hasAlternativeName → Majority Textform ⓘ
linked to: Majority text
UBS GNT → comparedWith → Majority Text ⓘ
linked to: Majority text
Textus Receptus → contrastWith → Majority Text ⓘ
subject linked to: TR
linked to: Majority text