Byzantine text-type

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The Byzantine text-type is a major textual tradition of the Greek New Testament characterized by a relatively uniform and later standardized form of the text that became dominant in the medieval Byzantine Empire.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Greek New Testament textual tradition ⓘ
New Testament text-type ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Antiochian text-type ⓘ
Majority text ⓘ
Syrian text-type ⓘ
associatedWithScholar John Chrysostom (patristic citations) ⓘ
Lucian of Antioch (traditionally, though debated) ⓘ
basisOf Patriarchal Text of the Greek Orthodox Church ⓘ
Robinson–Pierpont Byzantine Greek New Testament editions ⓘ
characterizedBy conflation of earlier readings ⓘ
expansion of liturgical and explanatory material ⓘ
fuller and smoother readings ⓘ
harmonizing tendencies between parallel passages ⓘ
later standardized form of the Greek New Testament text ⓘ
relative textual uniformity ⓘ
contrastedWith Alexandrian text-type ⓘ
Caesarean text-type ⓘ
Western text-type ⓘ
discussedIn Nestle-Aland Novum Testamentum Graece apparatus ⓘ
United Bible Societies Greek New Testament apparatus ⓘ
dominantIn Greek-speaking Eastern Christianity ⓘ
medieval Byzantine Empire ⓘ
evaluatedBy modern textual critics as generally secondary to Alexandrian readings ⓘ
fieldOfStudy New Testament textual criticism ⓘ
geographicalCenter Antioch ⓘ
Byzantium ⓘ
hasFeature tendency to add explicit subjects and objects ⓘ
tendency to clarify ambiguous readings ⓘ
tendency to expand Christological titles ⓘ
tendency to harmonize Gospel parallels ⓘ
hasSubset Byzantine subgroups identified by von Soden and others ⓘ
Kappa (K) family of manuscripts ⓘ
linked to: Byzantine text-type
influenced King James Version New Testament ⓘ
linked to: King James Version

Textus Receptus ⓘ
early printed editions of the Greek New Testament ⓘ
language Koine Greek ⓘ
notableManuscript Codex Alexandrinus (in the Gospels) ⓘ
linked to: Codex Alexandrinus

Codex Basilensis ⓘ
Codex Ephraemi Rescriptus (partly) ⓘ
Codex Washingtonianus (in parts) ⓘ
preservedIn Byzantine manuscript tradition ⓘ
linked to: Byzantine text-type

later uncials and minuscules ⓘ
supportedBy many lectionaries ⓘ
most medieval minuscules ⓘ
the majority of later Greek New Testament manuscripts ⓘ
timePeriod dominant by the Middle Ages ⓘ
from about the 4th century CE onward ⓘ
usedIn Byzantine liturgy ⓘ
Greek Orthodox Church ⓘ
viewedAs standard medieval Greek New Testament text ⓘ

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

New Testament manuscripts → haveMajorTextTypes → Byzantine text-type ⓘ
Textus Receptus → textType → Byzantine text-type ⓘ
Byzantine text-type → preservedIn → Byzantine manuscript tradition ⓘ
linked to: Byzantine text-type
Byzantine text-type → hasSubset → Kappa (K) family of manuscripts ⓘ
linked to: Byzantine text-type
Codex Zographensis → textType → Byzantine text-type ⓘ
Caesarean text-type → distinguishedFrom → Byzantine text-type ⓘ
Majority text → hasAlternativeName → Byzantine Majority Text ⓘ
linked to: Byzantine text-type
Majority text → associatedWith → Byzantine text-type ⓘ
Robinson–Pierpont Byzantine Greek New Testament editions → basedOn → Byzantine textform ⓘ
linked to: Byzantine text-type
Robinson–Pierpont Byzantine Greek New Testament editions → traditionEmphasized → Byzantine manuscript tradition ⓘ
linked to: Byzantine text-type
Codex Basilensis → textType → Byzantine text-type ⓘ
New Testament textual criticism → studies → Byzantine text-type ⓘ
Byzantine Studies → studiesTopic → Byzantine manuscript tradition ⓘ
linked to: Byzantine text-type
Textus Receptus → textType → Byzantine text-type ⓘ
subject linked to: TR
Textus Receptus → tradition → Byzantine manuscript tradition ⓘ
subject linked to: TR
linked to: Byzantine text-type
Christian lectionaries → hasVariant → Byzantine lectionary ⓘ
linked to: Byzantine text-type
W 032 → textType → Byzantine text-type (in parts) ⓘ
linked to: Byzantine text-type
Acts and Catholic Epistles in Byzantine textform → basedOnTextType → Byzantine textform ⓘ
linked to: Byzantine text-type
Pauline Epistles in Byzantine textform → partOf → Byzantine textform ⓘ
linked to: Byzantine text-type