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 4
Majority Textform 1
Majority text canonical 1

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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

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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