Causes of the Corruption of the Traditional Text of the Holy Gospels

Name: Causes of the Corruption of the Traditional Text of the Holy Gospels
Author: John William Burgon

John William Burgon (1813–1888) was an English Anglican divine who became Dean of Chichester in 1876. Known in his day as a poet and preacher, he is remembered chiefly for his learned defence of the traditional Greek text of the New Testament and of the Received Text. Our library holds his Inspiration and Interpretation, his vindication of the last twelve verses of Mark, and his study of the traditional text's corruption.

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First published: 1896
Category: Theology
Length: 78k words · about 5 hours
Chapters: 22

About this book

John William Burgon's defense of the traditional text of the Gospels, published after his death in 1896. Burgon, Dean of Chichester, argues that the commonly received text was corrupted in identifiable ways during the early centuries, and he resists the newer critical texts of his day. A vigorous, learned work for readers interested in the history of the biblical text.

Prologue
Preface
Introduction
Chapter I. General Corruption.
Chapter II. Accidental Causes of Corruption. I. Pure Accident. 🔒
Chapter III. Accidental Causes of Corruption. II. Homoeoteleuton. 🔒
Chapter IV. Accidental Causes of Corruption. III. From Writing in Unicals. 🔒
Chapter V. Accidental Causes of Corruption. IV. Itacism. 🔒
Chapter VI. Accidental Causes of Corruption. V. Liturgical Influence. 🔒
Chapter VII. Causes of Corruption Chiefly Intentional. I. Harmonistic Influence. 🔒
Chapter VIII. Causes of Corruption Chiefly Intentional. II. Assimilation. 🔒
Chapter IX. Causes of Corruption Chiefly Intentional. III. Attraction. 🔒
Chapter X. Causes of Corruption Chiefly Intentional. IV. Omission. 🔒
Chapter XI. Causes of Corruption Chiefly Intentional. V. Transposition. 🔒
Chapter XI. Causes of Corruption Chiefly Intentional. VI. Substitution. 🔒
Chapter XI. (continued). Causes of Corruption Chiefly Intentional. VII. Addition. 🔒
Chapter XII. Causes of Corruption Chiefly Intentional. VIII. Glosses. 🔒
Chapter XIII. Causes of Corruption Chiefly Intentional. IX. Corruption by Heretics. 🔒
Chapter XIV. Causes of Corruption Chiefly Intentional. X. Corruption by the Orthodox. 🔒
Appendix I. Pericope de Adultera. 🔒
Appendix II. Conflation and the So-called Neutral Text. 🔒
General Index 🔒