Westcott and Hort Greek New Testament

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The Westcott and Hort Greek New Testament is a critical 19th-century edition of the New Testament in Greek that significantly influenced modern biblical scholarship and many contemporary Bible translations.

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instanceOf critical edition of the New Testament ⓘ
alsoKnownAs The New Testament in the Original Greek ⓘ
WH Greek New Testament ⓘ
Westcott-Hort text ⓘ
basisOfText Alexandrian text-type ⓘ
completedAfter nearly 28 years of preparation ⓘ
componentWork The New Testament in the Original Greek: Introduction and Appendix ⓘ
The New Testament in the Original Greek: Text ⓘ
contains Acts of the Apostles ⓘ
Book of Revelation ⓘ
General Epistles ⓘ
linked to: Catholic Epistles

Gospels ⓘ
Pauline Epistles ⓘ
countryOfPublication United Kingdom ⓘ
editor Brooke Foss Westcott ⓘ
Fenton John Anthony Hort ⓘ
feature critical apparatus ⓘ
textual notes ⓘ
field New Testament textual criticism ⓘ
followedBy Nestle text and later critical editions ⓘ
hasReception highly influential but also controversial among some textual critics ⓘ
influenced American Standard Version New Testament ⓘ
English Revised Version New Testament ⓘ
Nestle Greek New Testament ⓘ
Nestle-Aland Novum Testamentum Graece ⓘ
Revised Standard Version New Testament ⓘ
Revised Version of the Bible ⓘ
United Bible Societies Greek New Testament ⓘ
many modern English Bible translations ⓘ
language Koine Greek ⓘ
methodology genealogical method of textual criticism ⓘ
opposedTextType Byzantine text-type as secondary ⓘ
placeOfPublication London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
precededBy Textus Receptus tradition ⓘ
linked to: Textus Receptus
publicationYear 1881 ⓘ
publisher Macmillan ⓘ
rejects Textus Receptus as primary base text ⓘ
reliesOn Codex Sinaiticus ⓘ
Codex Vaticanus ⓘ
other early Greek manuscripts ⓘ
subject New Testament ⓘ
textTypePreferred Neutral text (their term for earliest recoverable text) ⓘ
theory Syrian recension theory ⓘ
usedBy many 20th-century Bible translators ⓘ
usedIn academic study of the New Testament ⓘ

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Westcott and Hort text → alsoKnownAs → Westcott and Hort Greek New Testament ⓘ
Brooke Foss Westcott → knownFor → Westcott and Hort Greek New Testament ⓘ
David Otis Fuller → denounces → Westcott and Hort Greek New Testament text ⓘ
linked to: Westcott and Hort Greek New Testament
The New Testament in the Original Greek → alsoKnownAs → Westcott and Hort Greek New Testament ⓘ
The New Testament in the Original Greek → editorRole → Westcott served as co-editor and textual critic ⓘ
linked to: Westcott and Hort Greek New Testament
The New Testament in the Original Greek → editorRole → Hort served as co-editor and textual critic ⓘ
linked to: Westcott and Hort Greek New Testament
English Revised Version → textualBasisNewTestament → Westcott and Hort Greek New Testament ⓘ