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An Introduction to the Textual Criticism of the New Testament is unavailable, but you can change that!

In this volume—dedicated to B. B. Warfield—Robertson explains the purpose and uses of textual criticism for exegesis, interpretation, and preaching. Following in the tradition of Westcott and Hort, he explains textual principles for students of Greek, as well as for a wider audience.

amount of what can in any sense be called substantial variation is but a small fraction of the whole residuary variation, and can hardly form more than a thoussandth part of the entire text.” The real conflict in the textual criticism of the New Testament is concerning this “thousandth part of the entire text.” If one wonders whether it is worth while, he must bear in mind that some of the passages in dispute are of great importance, such as the correct reading in 1 Tim. 3:16 whether υἱός, ὅ,
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