Video Lecture: Hort and the Revised Version

Lecture 11:  Hort and the Revised Version

Lecture #11 in the series Introduction to NT Textual Criticism is now available to watch at YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0tb1N4_k1w .

In this 23-minute video, I describe events that led up to the 1881 Revised Version, and the theories proposed by F. J. A. Hort when, with B. F. Westcott, he produced the 1881 revision of the Greek New Testament which essentially replaced the primarily Byzantine Text of the Textus Receptus with the Alexandrian Text, represented by Codex Vaticanus and Codex Sinaiticus.

Some Old Online Commentaries

            A cornucopia of free resources for the study of the New Testament awaits the visitor at BiblicalStudies.org.uk/ – examples include McNeile’s 1927 Introduction to the New Testament, about 100 articles relevant to the Gospel of Matthew,  about 80 articles relevant to Mark, over 100 articles relevant to Luke, and many more articles and other materials relevant to John.

            Inspired by this display of generous erudition, I thought it might be helpful to provide links to free downloadable files of the Cambridge Commentary for Schools and Universities – sharing the perspectives of some major league scholars of yesteryear – and the Commentaries for Schools, which was edited by C. J. Ellicott, who was the author of (among other things) Considerations on the Revision of the English Version of the New Testament; he was instrumental in the production and promotion of the Revised Version.  John Burgon interacted with some of Ellicott’s text-critical considerations in The Revision Revised.

Cambridge Commentaries for Schools and Universities:

Gospel of Matthew, by A. Carr, 1878 (1908 edition)

Gospel of Mark, by G. F Maclear, 1879

          Gospel of Mark, by A. Plummer, 1920

Gospel of Luke, by F. W. Farrar, 1882

Gospel of John, by A. Plummer, 1882

Acts 1-14, by J. R. Lumby, 1879

Acts 15-28, by J. R. Lumby, 1882

          Acts (Revised), by C. W. Watson, 1908

Romans, by R. St. John Parry, 1912  

First Corinthians, by J. S. Lias, 1892

Second Corinthians, by A. Plummer, 1903

Galatians, by A. L. Williams, 1914

Ephesians, by H. C. G. Moule, 1893

Philippians, by H. C. G. Moule, 1897

Colossians & Philemon, by A. L. Williams, 1907

First & Second Thessalonians, by G. G. Findley, 1904

First & Second Timothy and Titus, by A. E. Humphreys, 1895

          First & Second Timothy and Titus, by J. H. Bernard, 1899

Hebrews, by F. W. Farrar, 1893

James, by A. Carr, 1905 

First Peter, by G. W. Blenkin, 1914

Second Peter and Jude, by E. H. Plumptre, 1893

Epistles of John, by A. Plummer, 1890

Revelation, by W. A. Simcox, 1893

Also by E. H. Plumptre:

An Introduction to the New Testament (with preface by Ellicott),
Exposition of the Epistles to the Seven Churches of Asia

Commentary on James, 1895

Commentary for Schools (edited by Charles John Ellicott) (1879)

Gospel of Matthew, by E. H. Plumptre

Gospel of Mark, by E. H. Plumptre

Gospel of Luke, by E. H. Plumptre

Gospel of John, by H. W. Watkins

Acts, by E. H. Plumptre

Romans, by W. Sanday (from the International Critical Commentary set)

First Corinthians, by T. T. Shore

Second Corinthians, by E. H. Plumptre

Galatians, Ephesians, and Philippians, by W. Sanday and A. Barry

Colossians, First & Second Thessalonians, and First and Second Timothy, by A. Barry, A. J. Mason, and H. D. M. Spence

Titus, Philemon, Hebrews, and James, by H. D. M. Spence, A. Barry, W. F. Moulton, and E. G. Punchard

First Peter, Second Peter, First John, Second John Third John, and Jude, by A. J. Mason, A. Plummer, and W. M. Sinclair

Revelation, by W. B. Carpenter

Ellicott’s commentaries collected together in three volumes:

Volume 1 (Gospels)

Volume 2 (Acts-Galatians)

Volume 3 (Ephesians-Revelation)

  

          Some readers may find it handy to download these volumes onto a flash-drive, to ensure that they will be readily available.  Others may want to use the “My Library” feature at Google Books to add them to their own customizable collection of virtual books.



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