VII. THE HORTIAN-ECLECTIC THEORY REFUTED83

THE GENEOLOGICAL FRAUD METHOD83
THE TEXT TYPE "FAMILIES" ARE ARTIFICIAL FABRICATIONS85
THE QUOTES FROM THE "FATHERS"87
PAPYRI(C.200 A.D.) SUPPORTS THE TEXTUS RECEPTUS88
ECCLECTIC REVISION?89
GAIUS, THOUGH LONG DEAD, SPEAKS92
THE ARTIFICIAL NATURE OF TEXT FAMILIES DEMONSTRATED92
ERASMUS VINDICATED95
ARE THE OLDEST MSS THE BEST?96
TO WEIGH THE WITNESS OR TO JUST COUNT THEM?99
HOW TO EVALUATE THE CREDIBILITY OF A WITNESS100
WEIGH, BUT THEN COUNT101
THE IMPORTANCE OF VARIETY IN SELECTING EVIDENCE101
ANCIENT TRANSLATION SUPPORT THE RECEIVED TEXT102
THE BIBLE OF THE VAUDOIS(WALDENSES)104
THE ORIGINAL TEXT PRESERVED HISTORICALLY THROUGH THE CHURCH 106
IS NATURALISTIC TEXT CRITICISM SCIENTIFIC?108

VII. THE BELIEVING FRAME OF REFERENCE113
THE CHURCH'S HISTORICAL TEXT113
THE MODERN VIEW OF INERRANCY AMONG MOST CLERGY115
HOW PRINCETON WAS CORRUPTED116
HOW THE CONSERVATIVE SEMINARIES WERE CORRUPTED118

VIII THE CONCLUSION OF THE MATTER121
TECHNICAL OVERVIEW121
HISTORICAL OVERVIEW123
TEXT CRITICISM TODAY-THE AGE OF MINISCULES125
CONCLUDING REMARKS127

APPENDIX A - THE PERICOPE DE ADULTERA135
APPENDIX B - THE JOHANNINE COMMA143
APPENDIX C - EXAMPLES OF MODERN CRITICISM149
APPENDIX D - HISTORY OF TEXTS TRANSMISSION159
BIBLIOGRAPHY163
INDEX171


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