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The Text of the New Testament: From Manuscript to Modern Edition is unavailable, but you can change that!

The Text of the New Testament is a brief introduction for the layperson to the New Testament’s origins. It describes the basics of ancient writing tools, manuscripts, the work of scribes, and how to think about differences in what the various manuscripts say. Geared to the layperson uninformed or confused about textual criticism, Greenlee’s book explains the production of ancient manuscripts and...

already as nearly identical with the original text as it can be made, it will be worth the effort. Most people, of course, have no ability to study the Greek MSS and must simply accept one or more translations or versions in English or whatever their language is. This is quite proper. These readers are accepting the decisions of those who made the translation they are reading. Even these readers, however, will often wonder about differences they find between the various versions. How do we go about
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