Westcott letter craft lettering stencil, signet script, 34. It concerns the recently published article on bible versions in your newsletter reflections. Modern bible versions use same alexandrian text as jehovah. Again, westcott and hort did not attempt to prove this, nor could they. If westcott and hort are the fathers of modern textual. Welcome to the amazing westcott and hort magic marker binge. Westcott and hort undertook the translation of these alexandrian coptic copies back into their original greek language and differences began to suddenly appear. These numbers are similar to strongs numbering system. Full text of life and letters of brooke foss westcott, d. On one side, their supporters have heralded them as great men of god, having greatly advanced the search for the original greek text. Middle line is the english translation of the greek word above it. Westcott and hort published their greek text in 1881 from a handcopied reproduction of the manuscript.
Differences between the received text and the westcott. Westcott and hort believed the greek text which underlies the kjv was perverse and corrupt. Hort did not acce pt t he infallibilty of scripture. Westcott and hort distinguished four text types in their studies. Westcott, along with fenton john anthony hort toiled 28 years to produce the authoritative new testament in the original. Hort lobbied some would say intimidated committee members to follow the westcott and hort text. Westcott brand focuses on creating innovative designs that provide style and quality to an assortment of school, craft, and office products. It is also known as the westcott and hort text, after its editors brooke foss westcott 18251901 and fenton john anthony hort 18281892. Westcott and hort s greek new testament is the source text for many of todays modern bible translations.
I have been requested to state briefly and in as popular a form as the subject will admit, the case of the conservatives against the greek text of the new testament put forth by professors westcott and hort, the case for them having been already presented in this journal. For the rest of us, who just want to read gods word instead of intellectual balderdash. Brooke foss westcott 18251903 and fenton john anthony hort 18281892 have been highly controversial figures in biblical history. The theological heresies of westcott and hort as seen in their own writings by rev. The two most famous attempts at restoring the original text of the new testament are the textus receptus, dating from the reformation and postreformation era, and the greek text of b. Westcott and hort were responsible for the greatest feat in textual criticism. Fenton john anthony hort chap, vi arrived in the first decade of their labours, and of which some hints had already been given in correspondence. Jan 02, 2020 westcott and horts work is valuable precisely because it can be examined, tested, and corrected where evidence supports that correction.
Gone was the resurrection story in the book of mark the last twelve verses of the kjv. Department of biblical studies and languages southeastern baptist theological seminary p. It is not surprising, therefore, that modern version proponents today often disassociate themselves from westcott hort and claim that they merely use an eclectic greek text. The theological heresies of westcott and hort as seen in. Differences between the received text and the westcotthort. Westcott, hort, and bishop lightfoot pressured the committee to go beyond their mandate for doing a revision of the king james bible.
It is not surprising, therefore, that modern version proponents today often disassociate themselves from westcotthort and claim that they merely use an eclectic greek text. In a letter to westcott, in april of 1861, while they were unofficially 1 working on their revision of the greek text, hort wrote, alsobut this may be cowardicei have a sort of craving that our text should be cast upon the world before we deal with matters likely to brand us with suspicion. Buy the westcott lettercraft vinyl lettering in parchment font, 1 at. Brooke foss westcott and fenton john anthony hort, the new testament in the original greek, vol. Hort did not believe in the complete blood atonement of christ for the forgiveness of sins, calling such doctrine heresy. Liven up an empty wall of your house with a beautiful quotation from your favorite author by using the westcott lettercraft vinyl lettering. Note that hort made use of only a small fraction of the manuscripts extant in his day. It is enhanced by english section headings, complete references to old testament citations, synoptic parallels, an apparatus comparing its text to nestlealand and robinsonpierpont, plus a revised souter lexicon. The doctrinal views of westcott, hort, and others westcott. Westcott, the life and letters of brook foss westcott, vol.
Text used by the believing church since apostolic times, and the westcott hort or critical text that was brought to the forefront in the 1880s, are minor. Who were westcott and hort, and what did they have to do. Jun 29, 2006 the westcotthort theory holds the field in the opinions of so many people because it disposes of ninetyfive percent of the documentary evidence in such a clever way that they do not perceive the loss of it. They were responsible for replacing the universal text of the authorized version with the local text of egypt and the roman catholic church.
It is a critical text, compiled from some of the oldest new testament fragments and texts that had been discovered at the time. The next chapter gives my detailed evaluation of each aspect of his theory. Publication date 1896 topics hort, fenton john anthony, 18281892. Life and letters of brooke foss westcott, new york, 1903. Nov 24, 2004 the westcott and hort text changes the textus receptus in over 5,600 places.
Life and letters of fenton john anthony hort westcott and hort. They explained this fact by its being the result of a rescensionrevision made in 250 a. Find the westcott lettercraft vinyl lettering in parchment. Westcott lettercraft stencil lettering, signet script is rated 4. History, methods and critique 187 the new testament in the original greek and concomitantly the revised version of the new testament both in 1881. As we saw in our last article, a change of even a single word or the tense of a verb can.
The westcott and hort text under fire william w allacii iivldrts roxbury, mass. As other bible scholars such as erasmus, wycliffe, and tyndale had done, westcott and hort advanced the work of their predecessors and produced a scholarly resource for the study of the bible. Table of contents for the heresies of westcott and hort by waite chapter i background information before beginning the analysis of the theological heresies of westcott and. Inter alia, westcott and hort argued cogently for the. We will remove this translation or arrange an appropriate license if, in fact, the translation is still ed. We have no sure knowledge respecting the duration of future punishment, and the word eternal has a far higher meaning. Westcott and hort were preceded in the late 1700s by griesbach, and in the 1800s by lachmann, alford, tregelles, and tischendorf and others, all of whose texts made numerous revisions in the textus receptus on the basis of manuscript evidence. Westcott and hort s the new testament in the original greek a critical greek text based primarily on codex vaticanus and codex sinaiticus. In short, their theory was that for fifteen hundred years the preserved word of god was lost until it was recovered in the nineteenth century in a trash can and in the vatican library. Westcott and hort built their own greek text based primarily on a. Hort called the textus receptus vile and villainous life and letters of fenton john anthony hort, volume i, page 211.
Letter to bishop ellicott, in reply to his pamphlet. Meet the men whose disbelief compelled them to change the bible wescott and hort. Westcott and hort the new testament in the original. These two texts were based on differing collections of manuscripts, following differing textual. Both wescott and hort were known to have resented the preeminence given to the authorized version and its underlying. Assigns to each greek word one unique english meaning. It says about brooke foss westcott, who lives from 1825 to 1901 noteworthy anglican new testament scholar and church historian. On the other hand, as more is learned of biblical history, culture, and ancient. Good riddance, they say to all manuscripts, versions, and fathers except a little handful a handful, incidentally, which. There are 2,764 greek cursive manuscripts written in small letters. Consequently, the modern versions have contributed to the heresies of man. Hort, the new testament in the original greek 2 vols london. Bruce, bishop westcott and the classical tradition, spectrum 11 september 1978. The chart below illustrates what was done when the text used by christianity for 1800 years was replaced with a text assembled by brook foss westcott and fenton john anthony hort in the nineteenth century and used as the basis for the english revised version, which nearly all modern.
Westcott and hort supplied everyone working on the committee with a private copy of their new greek text. Who were westcott and hort, and what did they have to do with. The director biblical research institute general conference of seventh day adventists dear dr. Satan 1 now if there be a devil, he cannot merely bear a corrupted and marred image of god. There is a marked contrast with the theological heresies of westcott and hort and the theological soundness of dean john burgon the great anglican author, scholar, and champion of the traditional text, or received text, and opponent of the phony westcott.
T he theories of textual criticism which underlie the westcott hort greek new testament of 1881 have been somewhat discredited by textual critics of the 20th century. Westcott and hort admitted forthrightly that the textus receptus text is a 4th century text. Please note that neither westcott nor hort believed that the bible was gods word. Sep 20, 2004 t he theories of textual criticism which underlie the westcotthort greek new testament of 1881 have been somewhat discredited by textual critics of the 20th century. This holds true for the second edition of the gnt as well. Letter of response to bri regarding their reflections article on the bible translations. Its text was established along the lines of westcott and hort and differed considerably from nestles 25th edition. Who were westcott and hort, and what did they have to do with the text of the bible. Life and letters of fenton john anthony hort internet archive. The entire 1881 westcott hort greek new testament is included herein, in basically the identical form published by brooke foss westcott and fenton john anthony hort in their volume, the new testament in the original greek london.
A reissue of the famed 1885 edition of the westcott hort text, which dethroned the prominence of the textus receptus behind the kjv. Westcott and hort wh brooke foss westcott and fenton john anthony hort, the new testament in the original greek, vol. What is said against westcott and hort s text in these quotes can also be said against the texts of nestlealand and the united bible society. From published letters written by westcott and hort, either to each other.
Brooke foss westcott john anthony hort on the other side, their opponents have leveled charges of heresy, infidelity, apostasy, and. The infidelity of westcott and hort is well documented in evangelist sam gipps awesome 1987 book titled, an understandable history of the bible. He westcott and i are going to edit a greek text of the new testament some two or three years hence, if possible. There are, i fear, still more serious differences between us on the subject of authority, especially the authority of the. The most recent is the syrian, or byzantine texttype eastern, of which the newest example is the textus receptus and thus from the critical text view is less likely reliable. Descriptionwestcott and hort the new testament in the original greek 1881. Thb convocation of canterbury undertook in the year 1871 the revision of the version of the new testament published in 1611.
Brooke foss westcott an anglican bishop and professor at cambridge university and fenton john anthony hort also an ordained priest and professor at cambridge produced a greek new testament in 1881 based on the findings of tischendorf. The easy to read lie behind modern corrupt bible versions. Brooke westcott and fenton hort were 19thcentury theologians and bible scholars. Westcott and hort determined to replace the king james bible and the greek textus receptus. If westcott and hort are the fathers of modern textual criticism and the restorers of the true text. T here are many myths that are perpetuated today by the defenders of the modern versions, and one of those is that there is very little difference between the received text underlying the king james bible and other ancient protestant versions and the westcott hort greek text underlying most of the modern versions. Westcott and hort agree upon plan of a joint revision of the text of the greek testament. My own personal count, as of august 2, 1984, using scriveners greek new testament referred to above, was 5,604 changes that westcott and hort made to the textus receptus in their own greek new testament text. In this chapter i am merely presenting hort s theory in his own words.
The westcott hort greek text is very significant and its editors are highly significant to the history of textual criticism. Rated 3 out of 5 by babs1212 from not great a little tricky lining the letters up. Letter of response to bri regarding their reflections. The western texttype is much older, but tends to paraphrase, so according to the critical text view also lacks dependability. Josiahs father lived at marshfield, near bath, but that is the solitary fact. In spite of the fact that the readings of the universal text were found to be as old, or older, westcott and hort still sought to dislodge it from its place of high standing in biblical history.
When it comes to the word of god, there is no such thing as a minor change. License public domain, to the best of our current knowledge. Has literal english meanings based on the greek roots. Westcott and hort agree upon a plan of a revision of the text of the greek testament. Winner of awards like the teachers choice and good design, westcott continues to raise the bar.
After literally months of trying, i was able to acquire copies of them both for study. Christian greek scriptures were complete when john finished writing in 98 c. Westcott and hort changed the greek text of the textus receptus in 5,337 instances. Since westcott and hort are the fathers of modern textual criticism and the restorers of the true text, we need to know something of their beliefs to see if they are consistent with holy scripture. The following are quotes of westcott and hort, found in riplingers book. Life and letters of fenton john anthony hort by hort, fenton john anthony, 18281892. Westcott lettercraft stencil lettering, signet script. Together, they produced the new testament in the original greek, one of the earliest examples of modern textual criticism. If westcott and hort are the fathers of modern textual criticism and the restorers of. If you make a decided conviction of the absolute infallibility of the n. Westcott and hort, we are at the same time attacking the text and theory behind the nestlealand greek text, the united bible society text, and others that go along with them. Rodriguez enclosed is a letter addressed to the bri for your attention. Hort, arthur fenton, life and letters of fenton john anthony hort, vol.
Westcott and hort we should always be reluctant to engage in ad hominem arguments, i. Hort called the textus receptus vile and villainous life and letters of fenton john anthony hort, vol. Westcott and hort the new testament in the original greek. The fact is that the westcott hort text represents the first widelyaccepted departure from the received text in the postreformation era, and the modern english versions descend directly from the wh text. Our bible as well as our faith is a mere compromise. He also favored darwins theory of evolution both men did not believe in eternal punishment or the vicarious atonement. The new testament in the original greek is a greeklanguage version of the new testament published in 1881. This greek new testament was the basis for the revised version of that same year. Since its publication in 1881, westcott and hort s work. These two men are directly responsible for the spiritual backbone lacking in most pulpits today because of the changes brought about through their corrupt text. Why do kj only types believe the westcott and hort. These are the life and letters of brooke foss westcott, by his son, arthur, and the life and letters of fenton john anthony hort, written by his son. When the third edition was prepared kurt aland was able to contribute the textual proposals coming from his preliminary work on the 26th edition of the nestlealand.
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