Byzantine text-type

Majority text is the name of a textual tradition of the New Testament, which is based on a majority of New Testament manuscripts. Since this tradition is attested mainly of Greek manuscripts from the Byzantine Empire, they speak also from the Byzantine Empire by the Byzantine text or Texttxp. In scientific text output from the majority text is marked with the abbreviations or Byz.

History

The writings of the New Testament are originally present in the Greek language. The basis of the majority text applies the so-called Koine text (from the Greek κοινή, general). In the New Testament Textual Research this tradition is denoted by. According to tradition, this text is of Lucian of Antioch (c. 250, † 312) have been created. It spread after the Constantinian turn of the 4th century very quickly in the northeastern Mediterranean and displaced the earlier Alexandrian text-type as well as the Western text-type. The text has thereby smoothing and learn stylistic revisions and has taken over a part of the Western readings. In most cases, the readings of the Byzantine text are longer. Westcott and Hort text refers to this type as " Syrian text type".

The vast number of manuscripts with the majority text are minuscule, which emerged after the 9th century. About 80 % of the known minuscules contain this text. The majority of text is still the standard text version of the Greek Orthodox Church. Hermann von Soden strong ees with these Minuskelhandschriften and discovered several text families. Kurt Aland placed a most Minuskelhandschriften majority of the text in Category V.

Manuscripts

73

Cyprius Codex, Codex Mosquensis I Campianus, Petropolitanus Purp. , Sinopensis, Guelferbytanus A, B Guelferbytanus, Nitriensis, Nanianus, Monacensis, Tischendorfianus IV, Sangallensis, Tischendorfianus III, Petropolitanus, Rossanensis, Beratinus, Laurensis Athos, Athos Dionysius, Vaticanus 2066, 047, 049, 052, 053, 054, 056, 061, 063, 064, 065, 093 (Acts), 0103, 0104, 0105, 0116, 0133, 0134, 0135, 0136, 0142, 0151, 0197, 0211, 0246, 0248, 0253, 0255, 0257, 0265, 0269 ( mixed), 0272, 0273 (?).

2, 3, 6 ( Gospels and Acts ), 8, 9, 11, 12, 14, 15, 18, 21, 23, 24, 25, 27, 28 (except Mark), 29, 30, 32, 34, 35, 36, 37, 39, 40, 42, 44, 45, 46, 47, 49, 50, 52, 53, 54, 55, 57, 58, 60, 61 ( Gospels and Acts ), 63, 65, 66, 68, 69 (except Paul), 70, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 80, 82, 83, 84, 89, 90, 92, 93, 95, 97, 98, 99, 100 of the above 1500 Minuskeln.

The Majority Text and Textus Receptus

Some relatively recent manuscripts of the majority text of the 12th century formed the main basis for the Greek edition of the Bible of Erasmus of Rotterdam in 1516. This edition was called in 1633 by the editors of the Textus Receptus as Neudruckes. The Textus Receptus is therefore not identical with the majority text, but based on the same tradition. Depending on the edition, the Textus Receptus differs from the majority text in up to 2000 readings.

Both forms of text have considerably lost its importance after first mid-19th century with the Codex Sinaiticus of the 4th century and the 20th century with the significant papyri found from the 3rd and 2nd centuries (especially 45, 75 and 66) much older manuscripts were found. They belong to the Alexandrian text-type. In some conservative " Bible-believing " Christians Bible expenditure on the basis of this textual tradition are rejected and the majority of the Textus Receptus text or as binding favors. Particular scientific issues such as the Novum Testamentum Grace because of their method of eclectic, ie individually for each passage from all the manuscripts criticized evaluative text selection.

Text output

• William G. Pierpont, Maurice A. Robinson: The New Testament in the Original Greek. Byzantine text form 2005. Southborough 2005 ISBN 0759800774
• Zane C. Hodges, Arthur L. Farstad: The Greek New Testament According to the Majority Text. Nashville 1982 ISBN 0840749635