Western text type

The Western text type is one of several New Testament text types that New Testament textual criticism distinguishes between. It is the predominant text form in the old Latin translations from Greek, as well as in quotations from certain Christian authors of the 2nd and 3rd centuries , including Cyprian , Tertullian and Irenaeus of Lyon . The Western text type often has additions to the other text types and is longer overall. Contrary to its name, the text type does not come from the West, but has this name because it was predominant in the West at times. In most cases, the Western text type is considered to be inferior in quality to the other text types despite its old age. Kurt and Barbara Aland give manuscripts of the Western text type Category IV .

Manuscripts

character	Names	date	content
${\displaystyle {\mathfrak {P}}}$37	Papyrus 37	about 300	Matthew 26 †
${\displaystyle {\mathfrak {P}}}$38	Michigan papyrus	about 300	Fragment of the Acts of the Apostles
${\displaystyle {\mathfrak {P}}}$48	Papyrus 48	3rd century	Acts 23
${\displaystyle {\mathfrak {P}}}$69	Oxyrhynchus XXIV	3rd century	Luke 22
Uncial 0171		4th century	Matthew and Luke †
ﬡ (01)	Codex Sinaiticus	4th century	John 1,1-8,38
D ea (05)	Codex Bezae	about 400	Gospels and Acts of the Apostles
W (032)	Codex Washingtonianus	5th century	Mark 1: 1-5.30
D p (06)	Codex Claromontanus	6th century	Acts, Cath. And Pauline letters
F p (010)	Codex Augiensis	9th century	Paul's letters
G p (012)	Codex Boernerianus	9th century	Paul's letters

Other manuscripts: ²⁵ , ²⁹ (?), ⁴¹ , 066 , 0177 , minuscule 36, minuscule 88, 181, 255, 257, 338, 383, 440, 614, 913, 915, 917, 1108, 1245, 1518, 1611, 1739, 1836, 1874, 1898, 1912, 2138, 2298. ${\displaystyle {\mathfrak {P}}}$ ${\displaystyle {\mathfrak {P}}}$ ${\displaystyle {\mathfrak {P}}}$

See also

• Alexandrian text type
• Majority text
• Caesarean text type
• Western non-interpolations

literature

• J. Rendel Harris: Four lectures on the western text of the New Testament. CJ Clay and Sons, London 1894, archive.org .
• Joël Delobel: Focus on the "Western" Text in Recent Studies. In: Ephemerides Theologicae Lovanienses. Vol. 73, No. 4, 1997, pp. 401-410, doi: 10.2143 / ETL.73.4.504834 .

Individual evidence

1. ^ David Alan Black: New Testament Textual Criticism. A Concise Guide. Baker Books, Grand Rapids MI 2006, ISBN 0-8010-1074-8 , p. 65.