Byzantine text-type
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In the textual criticism of the New Testament, the Byzantine text-type is one of the main text types. The New Testament text of the Eastern Orthodox Church, and the Patriarchal Text, are based on this
Codex Vaticanus 354 S (028), an uncial codex with a Byzantine text, assigned to the Family K1
Codex Alexandrinus, the oldest Greek witness of the Byzantine text in the Gospels, close to the Family Π (Luke 12:54-13:4)
Evangelist portrait of Mark from Garima 2, likely the earlier of the two Garima Gospels
Codex Boreelianus, Byzantine manuscript, member of the Family E
Byzantine priority theory
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The Byzantine priority theory is a theory within Christian textual criticism held by a minority of textual critics. This view sees the Byzantine text-type as the New Testament's most accurate textual
Byzantine text-type
…that are most common or which are found in the great preponderance of manuscripts, generates a text that is Byzantine text (in turn leading to the Byzantine priority rule-of-thumb.) Whilst varying in around 1,800 places from printed editions, the Byzantine text-type also underlies the Textus Receptus Greek text used…
John William Burgon was a famous advocate of the Byzantine priority theory.