The Identity of the New Testament Text [Paperback]

Wilbur N. Pickering (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 191 pages
• Publisher: Thomas Nelson Inc; Subsequent edition (May 1981)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0840757441
• ISBN-13: 978-0840757449
• Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 5.9 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,641,735 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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12 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The Best Defense of the Majority Text, May 22, 2000

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Scott Pitta (Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Identity of the New Testament Text (Paperback)

W. Pickering gives a logical defense of the Majority text. His argument for the superiority of the Majority text is professionally laid out and is technical enough to satisfy any accademic readers. Pickering, having taught textual criticism on the seminary level, is well qualified to write such a technical book.

9 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent research, May 21, 2003

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B. Hardecker (Red Lion, PA) - See all my reviews
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Dr. Pickering has done a wonderful job with accurately smashing the Wescott and Hort Theory. The world of modern translations is built on sand. Any student who is serious about looking into the textual issue must look into this book. He believes in the preservation of God's word and yet he does not go into the theology of his belief rather this book is like the evidence that such a faith can be substantiated in a very real way.

4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Traditional Text supported, February 18, 2010

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This review is from: The identity of the New Testament text (Paperback)

This is a great book. In discussions i find myself mentioning Pickerings cone of distritution. The cone is both pictograhic and mathematical in explaing how a manuscript is distributed. It really points out the preposterousness of the critical text being the original. Despite pickerings great analysis of the traditional text he has a statistical section that helps us understand how the tradtional text is distributed and created. Pickering is a linguist so he approaches the discussion from a competant and realistic view of he traditional text. i liked the book and refer to it often in my discussions regarding textual support for the traditional text.