textual criticism in English

noun
1
the process of attempting to ascertain the original wording of a text.
While we can be thankful that the current tenets of textual criticism have produced a text which in most instances reflects the autographs, we should strive for more.

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1. Textual Criticism ; Textual Criticism ; Asyndeton A Greek term for two sentences put together without any appropriate conjunction.

2. Colophons have long been regarded as essential for dating manuscript copies, itself useful for textual criticism

3. The Bibliographical Test (also called Lower Criticism or Textual Criticism) asks if the manuscripts from the first-century were accurately transmitted to us today

4. Authorized makes a contribution to the discussion by avoiding the topic of Koine Greek textual criticism and focusing on something every reader of the KJV is supposed to know: English." (Kevin Bauder, research professor of systematic theology, Central Baptist Theological Seminary (Minneapolis) 2018 …

5. Two of the principal masters in the school were Professors Friedrich Heinrich Kern (1790–1842) and Ferdinand Christian Baur, who instilled in their pupils a deep appreciation for the ancient classics and the principles of textual criticism, which could be applied to texts in the sacred tradition as well as to classical ones.