by Maurice A. Robinson Principles to be Applied toward Restoration of the Text The Byzantine-priority position (or especially the so-called "majority text" position) is often caricatured as only interested in the weight of numbers and simple "nose-counting" of MSS when attempting to restore the … [Read more...]
The Case for Byzantine Priority: Part 3
by Maurice A. Robinson The essence of a Byzantine-priority method Any method which would restore the original text of the NT must follow certain guidelines and procedures within normative NT text-critical scholarship. It will not suffice merely to declare one form of the text superior in the … [Read more...]
The Case for Byzantine Priority: Part 2
by Maurice A. Robinson A Problem of Modern Eclecticism: Sequential Variant Units and the Resultant "Original" Text Modern eclectic praxis operates on a variant unit basis without any apparent consideration of the consequences. The resultant situation is simple: the best modern eclectic texts … [Read more...]
