Textual Criticism and Editorial Technique: Applicable to Greek and Latin texts - Martin L. West

The fruit of more than three decades of research This collection of fourteen essays by Eberhard W. Güting covers important aspects of editorial science with a particular focus on New Testament textual criticism. Essays cover textual emendation, text-critical procedures, literary criticism, history of scholarship, advantages and disadvantages of online manuscripts, and text-critical studies of words and phrases. The addition of a substantial introduction to text criticism makes this a valuable resource for students and teachers. Features Essays concerned with establishing the original text of New Testament writings Nine essays published in English for the first tim Two previously unpublished essays

The literary critic tends to think that the textual scholar or bibliographer has not much to say that he would care to hear, so there is a gulf between them.