Reprint of the original, first published in 1864. To which is prefixed a critical introduction.

In History of the Pauline Corpus in Texts, Transmissions, and Trajectories , Chris S. Stevens examines the Greek manuscripts of the Pauline texts from P46 to Claromontanus. Previous research is often hindered by the lack of a systematic analysis and an indelicate linguistic methodology. This book offers an entirely new analysis of the early life of the Pauline corpus. Departing from traditional approaches, this text-critical work is the first to use Systemic Functional Linguistics, which enables both the comparison and ranking of textual differences across multiple manuscripts. Furthermore, the analysis is synchronically oriented, so it is non-evaluative. The results indicate a highly uniform textual transmission during the early centuries. The systematic analysis challenges previous research regarding text types, Christological scribal alterations, and textual trajectories.

I. The new Geek text. II. The new English version. III. Westcott and Hort's new textual theory to which is added a reply to Bishop Ellicott's pamphlet in defence of the revisers and their greek text of the new testament: including a vindication of the traditional reading of i timothy III. 16.