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Caspar René Gregory

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This book was too little too early.

Caspar René Gregory made his name in the circles of New Testament Textual Criticism (that is, the attempt to determine the original wording of the New Testament) for two things: First, he wrote the introduction to the deceased Tischendorf's eighth edition of the New Testament text, allowing users to figure out what all of Tischendorf's symbols meant; and second, he created a new system, "Gregory numbers," to make those symbols more coherent. The Gregory Number system, now a century old, continues to this day.

Unfortunately, Gregory didn't use Gregory numbers! The portion of this book pertaining to New Testament Textual Criticism still uses Tischendorf symbols, meaning that it is now a century out of date.

Of course, that still leaves the part on the canon. That's a century out of date, too, but at least no one has decided to rename the books of the Bible!

If you ignore its age, this is a highly readable book -- perhaps too readable; at times, it gets a little cutesy. And it isn't especially deep. Still, the readability makes it a worthwhile introduction. It's just that you'll need to read other manuals to get a fuller picture. And, as far as textual criticism is concerned, they'll use those newer numbers that Gregory would invent after he wrote this book.
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