(texts of varied origin, with a distinctive character and partly with considerable Byzantine influence), and IV (manuscripts with a paraphrastic text, corresponding to the so-called Western text). For a more detailed definition of these manuscript categories and their significance in textual criticism as a tool for grouping manuscripts, see K. and B. Aland, The Text of the New Testament, 2nd edition, pp. 106f., 317–337. The Committee made use of these categories in selecting manuscripts because they
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