Principles of Textual Criticism

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Excerpt from Principles of Textual Criticism: With Their Application to the Old and New TestamentsIt will be perceived that the present volume is a mere initiatory com pend of the most important facts and principles in the science of Textual Criticism. It is intended for the use of beginners only, and to their wants it has been adapted. Hence it is of a simple and elementary character. It is not designed for the use of those who are already learned in the science of which it treats, nor is it adapted to their requirements. Had I written for scholars and theologians only, many principles would have been assumed, which in this work I have thought it necessary to investigate, and many facts would have been appealed to as ascertained truths, which I have here found it needful to establish by proof. Usefulness to the class of readers for whom the book is intended I have kept continually before me - to this I have sacrificed all higher aims and pretensions - and by this principle I have been guided, alike in the admission of certain statements which to some readers may appear too obvious and too well known to require reiteration, and in the exclusion of others, which, though of great importance, are not adapted for the commencing stages of critical study.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.