The Chinese Recorder And Missionary Journal 1892 Vol 23 Classic Reprint

Excerpt from The Chinese Recorder and Missionary Journal, 1892, Vol. 23 He proceeds Personally in these cases I prefer Tischendorf but, with critics varying, I cannot help feeling that no one but a special student has a right to an opinion on which he proposes acting. A change from the common text once made in an important passage, it would not be easily, or without friction, that it could be altered back if new evidence seemed to call for a fresh change. After further remarks on the highly subjective character of Westcott and Hort, as compared with Tischendorf, or even Lach mann, adding that until the subjective base is ordinarily accepted by scholars, the outcome is Simply a kind of clever guess-work he concludes with the advice, - to hold to the d104us Receptas, except when there is decided ground for believing it to be wrong, as Shown by the agreement of competent critics of both schools. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.