Wettstein Textual Criticism book helps with 1700s history of textual apostasy - Sylvia Castelli

Steven Avery

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Facebook - Timothy Berg
https://business.facebook.com/timot...PN85UWNJNCviNPGtl?comment_id=1019973452034301

The major problem of Timothy Berg on this topic is that he does not understand that the textual apostasy away from the Reformation Bible (Received Text editions around the world) was underway in the 1700s. Sometimes the attempt to change the best made it into Greek editions, sometimes it was more in footnotes and annotations, but that difference does not really affect the textual apostasy dynamic.
A recent book on Wettstein can actually help you piece together the apostasy involving Bengel, Wettstein, Griesbach and others.
Lots of good stuff in the first chapters of this book is visible in Google books.

Johann Jakob Wettstein’s Principles for New Testament Textual Criticism (2020)
Chapter 1 - The Development of New Text-Critical Rules in the Early Eighteenth Century: From Clericus’s Ars critica to Bengel’s Prodromus
Syliva Castelli

https://books.google.com/books?id=gl75DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA20

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And I plan to use this material to improve my sections that reference Mastricht, Bengel, et al.

Pure Bible Forum
Johann Albrecht Bengel as the father of textual criticism - per the Alands
https://www.purebibleforum.com/index.php?threads/johann-albretcht-bengel-as-the-father-of-textual-criticism-per-the-alands.1846/

the rise and fall of lectio brevior
https://www.purebibleforum.com/index.php?threads/the-rise-and-fall-of-lectio-brevior.58/#post-141

Westcott's Thirteen Principles of Textual Criticism
https://www.purebibleforum.com/index.php?threads/westcotts-thirteen-principles-of-textual-criticism.988/

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Pure Bible Theory and Praxis
'textual criticism' - history, theories, analysis
https://www.purebibleforum.com/index.php?forums/textual-criticism-history-theories-analysis.160/

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Greek New Testament printed editions depart from Textus Receptus
https://www.purebibleforum.com/inde...ed-editions-depart-from-textus-receptus.2601/

An interesting list of philology and textual criticism names.

Eclectic Review (1809)
John Pye Smith
https://books.google.com/books?id=6w03AAAAYAAJ&pg=PA27

Begins p. 24.
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Fine section on p. 27-28 -

add to the one about the Age, excellence of AV scholarship

PBF King James Bible Defense -Majesty, Accuracy Perfection
the character of the age in which they lived - - Hakewill and Gladney -
https://www.purebibleforum.com/index.php?threads/the-character-of-the-age-in-which-they-lived.81/

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Introduction - p. 17
Sylvia Castelli
https://books.google.com/books?id=gl75DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA17

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45 E.g., Tregelles, An Account of the Printed Text of the Greek New Testament, 80; Epp, “Eclectic Method," 1976, 219-223 on Bengel; 225-229 on Griesbach. Eighteenth-century criteria do not fall under the scope of Wasserman, “Criteria for Evaluating Readings," who
rather focuses on current practice; however, Wasserman (p. 593) is one of the few scholars who refers to Prolegomena 1730. Eldon J. Epp, “Textual Clusters. Their Past and Future in New Testament Textual Criticism," in The Text of the New Testament in Contemporary
Research. Essays on the Status Quaestionis
, ed. Bart D. Ehrman and Michael W. Holmes, NTTSD 42 (Leiden: Brill, 2013), 519-577, considers Wettstein only very marginally (p. 527), since Wettstein is not relevant to the textual clusters’ theory. On Wcttstein’s positive and less favourable reception, see §5.1 and §5.2.
 
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Steven Avery

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Evangelical Textual Criticism -
response to Andrew Thomson

Google books USA is showing the first 64 pages, which includes the Intro (helpful) and the incredible Chapter One, p. 20-52 https://books.google.com/books?id=gl75DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA20

And I like to study the devolution of textual theories, away from the Reformation Bible (Received Text) and that Chapter One is great for reading and notes.

Most NT writers start around Griesbach at best, putting aside Jan Krans going back to Erasmus, Stephanus and Beza.

Plus you have to work the linkages of New Testament sacred criticism, textual criticism, real textual criticism (think Martin Litchfield West warning about lectio difficilor taken to absurdity) and philology.

Thanks to Silvia Castelli for digging in this area!
 

Steven Avery

Administrator
Evangelical Textual Criticism -
response to Andrew Thomson

Google books USA is showing the first 64 pages, which includes the Intro (helpful) and the incredible Chapter One, p. 20-52 https://books.google.com/books?id=gl75DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA20

And I like to study the devolution of textual theories, away from the Reformation Bible (Received Text) and that Chapter One is great for reading and notes.

Most NT writers start around Griesbach at best, putting aside Jan Krans going back to Erasmus, Stephanus and Beza.

Plus you have to work the linkages of New Testament sacred criticism, textual criticism, real textual criticism (think Martin Litchfield West warning about lectio difficilor taken to absurdity) and philology.

Thanks to Silvia Castelli for digging in this area!
 
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