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The King James Version and other Reformation-era Bibles are translated from the Textus Receptus, a Greek text created by Erasmus and based on various manuscripts of the Byzantine type. In 1721, Richard Bentley outlined a project to create a revised Greek text based on the Codex Alexandrinus . [ 2 ]
The categories are based on how each manuscript relates to the various theorized text-types. [2]: 381 Generally speaking, earlier Alexandrian manuscripts are category I, while later Byzantine manuscripts are category V. [2]: 381–382 Aland's method involved considering 1000 passages where the Byzantine text differs from non-Byzantine text. The ...
Codex Alexandrinus, the oldest Greek witness of the Byzantine text in the Gospels, close to the Family Π (Luke 12:54-13:4). The earliest clear notable patristic witnesses to the Byzantine text come from early eastern church fathers such as Gregory of Nyssa (335 – c. 395), John Chrysostom (347 – 407), Basil the Great (330 – 379) and Cyril of Jerusalem (313 – 386).
Codex Sinaiticus and Codex Vaticanus, two of the great uncial codices, representatives of the Alexandrian text-type, are considered excellent manuscript witnesses of the text of the New Testament. Most critical editions of the Greek New Testament give precedence to these two chief uncial manuscripts, and the majority of translations are based ...
Text: Greek Old Testament and Greek New Testament† Date: 5th century AD: Script: Greek: Now at: British Library: Size: 32 × 26 cm (12.6 × 10.4 in) Type: Byzantine text-type in Gospels, alexandrian in rest of NT: Category: III (in Gospels), I (in rest of NT) Hand: elegantly written but with errors: Note: close to 𝔓 74 in Acts, and to 𝔓 ...
Text-type Date Characteristics Bible version The Alexandrian text-type (also called the "Neutral Text" tradition; less frequently, the "Minority Text") 2nd–4th centuries CE: When compared to witnesses of the Western text-type, Alexandrian readings tend to be shorter and are commonly regarded as having a lower tendency to expand or paraphrase.