Authors style and the textual criticism of the New Testament

Basic to the New Testament text-critical criterion that the reading ""which is best in accord with the general language and style of an author is most probably the original, is an expectancy that an author will be consistent in his use of language and style. This article challanges this pr...

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Main Author: Pelzer, J. H. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: NTWSA 1990
In: Neotestamentica
Year: 1990, Volume: 24, Issue: 2, Pages: 185-197
Further subjects:B Lucan linguistic pattern
B Focus on author
B Chronological difference
B Alexandrian text
B Word-order variation
B Peculiarities in passages
B Rigorous eclectics
B Scribal involvement
B Hellenistic style
B Western Text
B Text-critically disputed passages
B Redactors
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Summary:Basic to the New Testament text-critical criterion that the reading ""which is best in accord with the general language and style of an author is most probably the original, is an expectancy that an author will be consistent in his use of language and style. This article challanges this presumption, by arguing that the complex literary origin of the New Testament documents makes it impossible to expect a consistent use of linguistic and stylistic features in the documents which constitute the New Testament.
ISSN:2518-4628
Contains:Enthalten in: Neotestamentica
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.10520/AJA2548356_943