TABLE OF СОКTENTS
CHAPTER I. ANCIENT BOOKS AND THEIR MANNER OF PUBLICATION
Main difference between ancient and modern books -- i
Materials used in the preparation of a book -- 2
Manner of composing and publishing a work -- 9
Size of editions -- and cost of books -- 10
The practice of publicly reading a work prior to publication through the trade -- 10
Work of the bookseller -- and importance attached to accuracy -- 15
CHAPTER II. VARIOUS READINGS
Meaning of the term -- 19
Enormous number of various readings in the New Testament -- 20
Their number may help towards the construction of a correct text -- 21
Estimate of the amount of uncertainty in the text -- 22
Examples of the nature of various readings -- 23
Reason for the laborious work of Textual Criticism -- 27
The way in which various readings have arisen -- 28
CHAPTER III. AUTHORITIES FOR THE TEXT OF THE NEW TESTAMENT
General statement -- 39
Manuscripts -- 40
Papyrus and Vellum -- 41
The not at first collected into one volume -- 41
Reference! few great Codices -- 42
Uncial and Cursive manuscl 43
Account of the Sinaitic Codex -- 45
Versions -- 57
Their importance -- 57
Enumeratil the principal Versions -- 58
History of the Latin Verl 59 The Old Latin -- 39
The Vulgate -- 61
Quotations -- 74
Care required in their use -- 75
sometimes of great importance -- 78
CHAPTER IV. CRITICAL LABOURS
The Authorised and Revised Versions -- 80
Histo some important editions of the Greek Testament Complutensian Polyglott -- 81
Erasmus -- 83
R Stephens -- 86
Beza -- 90
The Elzevirs -- 91
Char of the Received Text -- 92
Walton’s Polyglott -- 95
Oxford Edition -- 97
Mill -- 98
Wells -- 101
Attack on Mill -- 102
Anthony Collins and Bentley -- 103
Bengel -- wetsrem -- 109
Oriesbacn -- 110
Lachmann -- 113
Tischendorf -- 114
Tregelles -- 114
Westcott and Hort -- 114
The Text of the Revised Version -- 115
Von Soden -- 116
CHAPTER V. CHANGES IN THE REVISED VERSION
Numerous changes -- 117
Examples of the changes -- 118
Some important alterations -- 119
Summing up -- 122