A Lecture on the Historic Evidence of the Authorship and Transmission of the Books of the New Testament (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1852. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... C, mentioned before, and the Codex Basilianus, B, now in the Vatican at Rome.* These, then, together with the ancient versions, are the documents which (especially those of the more ancient class) afford an answer to any who raise objections on the ground of various readings, as if the transmission of the text of the New Testament were really uncertain. No. II. SOME OF THE RESULTS OF THE GENUINENESS OF THE NEW TESTAMENT. Thbee are certain consequences resulting from the proved authorship of the books of the New Testament, which may be briefly indicated. They may be regarded as plain corollaries to the points already demonstrated. * Of these MSS., the text has been published of A, C, D (of the Gospels and Acts), the fragments I, N," r, P, Q, T, Z, 0, A, and the MSS. L, A: --of E and the fragments Fof the Acts: --of G of St. Paul's Epistles, and the fragments H: --and of B of the Apocalypse: --the readings of F of the Gospels, and of one or two fragments, have also been published;--these, therefore, I have been able to collate in the printed editions; all the others I have collated (at Paris, Eome, London, Basle, Munich, Modena, Venice, Cambridge, and Hamburg), except the three MSS, in Russia (the readings of which I take from others); S in the Vatican, and B, The Codex Vaticanus, the most ancient and important of all, from the use of which, alas I critics are excluded: all that I can do as to this MS. is to use the three imperfect collations as far as they go, unless, indeed, Cardinal Mai's edition of this MS., printed, but long withheld from the public, should be published in time. Besides these ancient MSS., I collated one at Paris (33), containing all the New Testament, except the Apocalypse; and the Gospels in one at Basle (1). These, though more modern, are im...