01.00. The Causes of the Corruption of the Traditional Text of the Holy Gospels

The Causes of the Corruption of the Traditional Text of the Holy Gospels

John Burgon

INDEX

Preface.
Introduction.
Chapter 1. General Corruption.
Chapter 2. Accidental Causes of Corruption.
Chapter 3. Accidental Causes of Corruption.
Chapter 4. Accidental Causes of Corruption.
Chapter 5. Accidental Causes of Corruption.
Chapter 6. Accidental Causes of Corruption.
Chapter 7. Causes of Corruption Chiefly Intentional.
Chapter 8. Causes of Corruption Chiefly Intentional.
Chapter 9. Causes of Corruption Chiefly Intentional.
Chapter 10. Causes of Corruption Chiefly Intentional.
Chapter 11. Causes of Corruption Chiefly Intentional.
Chapter 12. Causes of Corruption Chiefly Intentional.
Chapter 13. Causes of Corruption Chiefly Intentional.
Chapter 14. Causes of Corruption Chiefly Intentional.
Appendix. 1. Pericope De Adultera.
Appendix. 2. Conflation and the So-Called Neutral Text. THE CAUSES OF THE CORRUPTION OF THE TRADITIONAL TEXT OF THE HOLY GOSPELS BEING THE SEQUEL TOTHE TRADITIONAL TEXT OF THE HOLY GOSPELS BY THE LATE JOHN WILLIAM BURGON, B. D.

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CONTENTS. INTRODUCTION. The Traditional Text—established by evidence—especially before St.
Chrysostom—corruption—early rise of it—Galilee of the
Gentiles—Syrio-Low-Latin source—various causes and forms of
corruption. pp. 1-9 CHAPTER I. General Corruption. § 1. Modern re-editing—difference between the New Testament and other
books—immense number of copies—ordinary causes of error—Doctrinal
causes. § 2. Elimination of weakly attested readings—nature of inquiry.
§ 3. Smaller blemishes in MSS. unimportant except when constant. § 4.
Most mistakes arose from inadvertency: many from unfortunate design. pp.
10-23 CHAPTER II. Accidental Causes of Corruption. I. Pure Accident. § 1. John 10:29. § 2. Smaller instances, and Acts 20:24. § 3. Luke 2:14. § 4. Matthew 15:6; Mark 7:4; Mark 6:22. § 5. Mark 8:1;
Mark 7:14—John 13:37. pp. 24-35 CHAPTER III. Accidental Causes of Corruption. II. Homoeoteleuton. Luke 2:15—John 6:11; John 6:55—Matthew 23:14; Matthew 19:9—Luke 16:21. pp. 36-41 CHAPTER IV. Accidental Causes of Corruption. III. From Writing in Uncials. § 1. John 4:35-36. § 2. Luke 15:17—John 5:44. § 3. Acts 27:14—John 4:15—Luke 17:37—Matthew 22:23—and
other passages. § 4. John 5:4—Luke 23:11—Matthew 4:23. § 5. 2 St. Peter i. 31—Hebrews 7:1. § 6. Matthew 27:17. pp.42-55 CHAPTER V. Accidental Causes of Corruption. IV. Itacism. § 1. Various passages—John 13:1-2; 41. § 2. Revelation 1:5—Other
passages—Matthew 7:19. § 3. Matthew 4:8. § 4. Titus 2:5. pp.
56-66 CHAPTER VI. Accidental Causes of Corruption. V. Liturgical Influence. § 1. Lectionaries of the Church—Liturgical influence—Antiquity of the
Lectionary System. § 2. John 14:1—Acts 3:1—Last Twelve Verses
of St. Mark. § 3. Luke 7:31; Luke 9:1—Other passages. § 4. Mark 15:28. § 5. Acts 3:1—Matthew 13:44; Matthew 17:23. § 6. Matthew 6:13 (doxology in the Lord’s Prayer). pp. 67-88 CHAPTER VII. Causes of Corruption Chiefly Intentional. I. Harmonistic Influence. § 1. Matthew 16:9. § 2. Luke 14:1—other examples. § 3.
Chiefly intentional—Diatessarons—Matthew 17:25-26—Harmonized
narratives—Other examples. pp. 89-99 CHAPTER VIII. Causes of Corruption Chiefly Intentional. II. Assimilation. § 1. Transfer from one Gospel to another. § 2. Not entirely
intentional—Various passages. § 3. John 16:16. § 4. John 13:21-25. § 5. Mark 1:1-2—Other examples—Matthew 12:10
(Luke 14:3)—and others. § 6. Mark 6:11. § 7. Mark 14:70. pp. 100-122 CHAPTER IX. Causes of Corruption Chiefly Intentional. III. Attraction. § 1. John 6:71 and John 13:26. § 2. Acts 20:24—2 Corinthians 3:3. pp.
123-127 CHAPTER X. Causes of Corruption Chiefly Intentional. IV. Omission. § 1. Omissions a class of their own—Exemplified from the Last Twelve
Verses of St. Mark—Omission the besetting fault of transcribers. § 2.
Theonus probandirests upon omitters. § 3. Luke 6:1; and other
omissions. § 4. Matthew 21:44. § 5. Matthew 15:8. § 6. Matthew 5:44—Reply to the Reviewer in theGuardian. § 7. Shorter Omissions.
pp. 128-156 CHAPTER XI. Causes of Corruption Chiefly Intentional. V. Transposition. § 1. Mark 1:5; Mark 2:3—Other instances. § 2. Luke 13:9; Luke 14:7. § 3. Other examples—John 5:27—Transpositions often petty, but
frequent. VI. Substitution. § 4. If taken with Modifications, a large class—Various instances. pp.
164-165 VII. Addition. § 5. The smallest of the four—Luke 6:4—Matthew 20:28. § 6.
Matthew 8:13; Matthew 24:36—Mark 3:16—Other examples. pp.
166-171 CHAPTER XII. Causes of Corruption Chiefly Intentional. VIII. Glosses. § 1. Not so numerous as has been supposed—Matthew 13:36—Mark 7:3. § 2. Luke 9:23. § 3. John 6:15; John 13:24; John 20:18—Matthew 24:31. § 4. John 18:14—Mark 6:11. § 5.
Mark 14:41—John 9:22. § 6. John 12:7. § 7. John 17:4. § 8. Luke 1:66. § 9. Luke 5:7—Acts 20:4. pp.
172-190 CHAPTER XIII. Causes of Corruption Chiefly Intentional. IX. Corruption by Heretics. § 1. This class very evident—Began in the earliest times—Appeal to
what is earlier still—Condemned in all ages and countries. § 2. The
earliest depravers of the Text—Tatian’s Diatessaron. § 3. Gnostics—John 1:3-4. § 4. John 10:14-15. § 5. Doctrinal—Matrimony—Matthew 1:19. pp. 191-210 CHAPTER XIV. Causes of Corruption Chiefly Intentional. X. Corruption by the Orthodox. § 1. Luke 19:41; Luke 2:40. § 2. John 8:40; and John 1:18. § 3. 1 Corinthians 15:47. § 4. John 3:13. § 5. Luke 9:54-56. pp. 211-231 APPENDIX I. Pericope de Adultera. pp. 233-265 APPENDIX II. Dr. Hort’s Theory of Conflation and the
Neutral Text. pp. 266-286 Index of Subjects. pp. 287-288 Index of Passages of the New Testament Discussed. pp. 289-290 THE CAUSES OF THE CORRUPTION OF THE TRADITIONAL TEXT OF THE HOLY GOSPELS.