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A Student’s Guide to Textual Criticism of the Bible presents, in plain language and with ample illustration, an overview of the history and methods, aims and results of textual criticism. In the process, the readers gain an appreciation for the vast work that has been accomplished in preserving the text of Scripture and find a renewed confidence in its reliability. The Bible has been on a long...

to Joshua 19:47 and Judges 18:29 the city was not named Dan until many years later. It is plausible that a later scribe realizing that the city was now called Dan, changed the text in Genesis 14:14 to reflect this new name. • New Testament example. It appears that ἀμήν (“amen”) was added to some manuscripts (א, 436, 2464, K, L, P, etc.) in 1 Peter 5:14 possibly in order to make it more similar to the ending of 2 Peter. Figure 2.5. A modern Jewish scribe [Jewish Chronicle Archive/HIP/Art Resource,
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