Subject: Did the Amplified come from Wescott and |
Bible Note: I return with egg on my face! The textual base for the Amplified New Testament is indeed Westcott-Hort, which was the standard of the time in which Mrs. Siewert did her work. This fact was not in the introduction to the Amplified, but I did further research on-line and found it. In your question you also raised the issue of Westcott-Hort's reliability. There is ample variety of opinion among Bible scholars on this point. This much appears certain: The Westcott-Hort Greek New Testament of 1881 represented the signal departure from the Textus Receptus (Received Text), which formed the textual base for the Authorized, or King James Version. Understandably this departure creatured quite a stir, particularly among dedicated adherents to the King James Version. This debate is alive and well today, especially in the camp of those who hold that the KJV is the only truly reliable Bible extant. I am emphatically not a bird of this feather, but neither do I wish to engage in any debate on the subject. On the other hand, there are those who are more benign toward Westcott-Hort, among whom is Bruce Metzger, deemed by his peers one of the most influential of modern textual critics. By the way, if you'd like more on the Westcott and Hort subject, go to one of the search engines (I used Yahoo) and type in "Westcott and Hort." You'll probably get more information than you really wanted to know! |