Restorationist Textual Criticism

RTC is the view that the text of Scripture must be restored.  This is a rejection of the Confessional view that the text of Scripture was kept pure in all ages.  RTC breaks down into two categories:

  1. Critical Text Advocates
  2. Majority Text Advocates

Critical Text advocates are known by their rejection of the Pericope (John 7:53 – 8:11), the longer ending of Mark (Mark 16:9-20), & the Comma Johanneum.  Majority Text advocates generally reject the Comma, but affirm the Pericope and the Longer ending.  However, both camps use the arbitrary and subjective practice of textual criticism formulated by the Roman Catholic Richard Simon.  Neither camp has a settled a text, as the subjective opinions of men and the discovery of new manuscript evidence will always leave their texts in flux.  The Critical Text advocates have 2 texts:  United Bible Societies text & the Nestle-Aland text.  The Majority Text advocates also have 2 texts:  Hodges & Farstad and the Pierpont & Robinson.  Generally, Critical Text Advocates are theologically liberal, outright unbelievers, or heretics.  There are many misguided evangelicals who hold to the Critical Text view.  Many Christians who claim to be Reformed also hold to the Critical Text view. Majority Text advocates are usually theologically conservative.

Series: Critical Text

Book Cover: The works of Unitarian Thomas Emlyn Volume 2
The works of Unitarian Thomas Emlyn Volume 2
Book Cover: A full enquiry into the original authority of that text, 1 John v. 7
A full enquiry into the original authority of that text, 1 John v. 7
Book Cover: Introduction to the New Testament in the Original Greek
Introduction to the New Testament in the Original Greek
Book Cover: Studies in the Textual Criticism of the New Testament
Studies in the Textual Criticism of the New Testament
Book Cover: An Introduction to the NT Manuscripts and Their Texts
An Introduction to the NT Manuscripts and Their Texts
Book Cover: The King James Only Controversy
The King James Only Controversy
Book Cover: The Text of the New Testament
The Text of the New Testament
Book Cover: Misquoting Jesus
Misquoting Jesus
Book Cover: Textual Scholarship and the Making of the New Testament
Textual Scholarship and the Making of the New Testament

Series: Majority Text

Book Cover: The Original Ending of Mark
The Original Ending of Mark
Book Cover: The Majority Text:  Essays and Reviews in the Continuing Debate
The Majority Text: Essays and Reviews in the Continuing Debate
Book Cover: Identity of the New Testament Text IV
Identity of the New Testament Text IV

Series: Text & Canon Conference Books

Book Cover: A Critical Examination of the Coherence-Based Genealogical Method in New Testament Textual Criticism
A Critical Examination of the Coherence-Based Genealogical Method in New Testament Textual Criticism
Book Cover: A New Approach to Textual Criticism
A New Approach to Textual Criticism
Book Cover: Books & Readers in the Early Church
Books & Readers in the Early Church
Book Cover: Can We Trust the Gospels?
Can We Trust the Gospels?
Book Cover: Editing the Bible: Assessing the Task Past and Present
Editing the Bible: Assessing the Task Past and Present
Book Cover: Fundamentals of New Testament Textual Criticism
Fundamentals of New Testament Textual Criticism
Book Cover: Orthodoxy & Heresy in Early Christianity
Orthodoxy & Heresy in Early Christianity
Book Cover: The Byzantine Text-Type and New Testament Textual Criticism
The Byzantine Text-Type and New Testament Textual Criticism
Book Cover: The Living Text of the Gospels
The Living Text of the Gospels
Book Cover: The New Testament Canon: Its Making and Meaning
The New Testament Canon: Its Making and Meaning
Book Cover: Beyond What Is Written
Beyond What Is Written
Book Cover: The Story of the New Testament Text
The Story of the New Testament Text

Series: Textual Criticism

Book Cover: Handbook to the Textual Criticism of the New Testament
Handbook to the Textual Criticism of the New Testament
Book Cover: Critical History of the Old Testament
Critical History of the Old Testament
Book Cover: The Pericope Adulterae, the Gospel of John, and the Literacy of Jesus
The Pericope Adulterae, the Gospel of John, and the Literacy of Jesus
Book Cover: Myths and Mistakes in New Testament Textual Criticism
Myths and Mistakes in New Testament Textual Criticism
Book Cover: The Orthodox Corruption of Scripture
The Orthodox Corruption of Scripture
Book Cover: The Early Text of the New Testament
The Early Text of the New Testament

Series: The Authentic Text

Book Cover: Letters to Edward Gibbon by George Travis
Letters to Edward Gibbon by George Travis