True or False? [Paperback]

David Otis Fuller (Editor)

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ISBN-10: 0944355129 | ISBN-13: 978-0944355121 | Publication Date: August 1997

"True or False?" is the sequal to "Which Bible?" and excerpts seven authors to examine the textual theory of Westott-Hort. Documented and academic, yet easy reading articles by outstanding theologians and Christian writers.

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About the Author

David Otis Fuller, Sr. was born in Brooklyn, NY in 1903. He graduated from Wheaton College in 1925. He received his Th.D from Princeton Theological Seminary in 1928 and was awarded a D.D. from Dallas Theological Seminary. In 1929 he was ordained in the First Baptist Church of New York City, NY.

In 1934 he was called to the pastorate of Wealthy Street Baptist Church in Grand Rapids, Michigan where he served as it's pastor until his retirement in 1974.

Dr. Fuller authored 16 books and is best known for abridging and editing the works of the famous 19th Century Baptist minister Charles Haddon Spurgeon. The book that perhaps best speaks of his own character is his book "Treasury of Evangelical Writings" currently published again by IBTS, but originally published titled: "Valiant for the Truth". Dr. Fuller was ever valiant for the truth and God's word.

Product Details

• Paperback: 305 pages
• Publisher: Institute for Biblical Textual Studies (August 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0944355129
• ISBN-13: 978-0944355121
• Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 5.2 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,980,546 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Must read for those who treasure their Bibles!, March 15, 2011

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I had a copy of this very valuable book several years ago and loaned it out. I just got it back and say that every serious Christian owes it to themselves to read True or False and Which Bible to find the evidence against the Wescott-Hort Theory that permeates all modern bibles today. Would it bother you if your Bible did not have 1st and 2nd Peter? Well, that is what is missing from your modern texts because of following the Wescott-Hort text. The articles are timely and well written. I wish I had known John W. Bargon and his works long ago. David O. Fuller presents a good selection of articles giving one the necessary tools to combat the downward slide into the pit of dispair! Where is the man to stand in the gap because there was a cause?

5.0 out of 5 stars THE SECOND COLLECTION BY A PROMINENT "KING JAMES ONLY" RESEARCHER, November 24, 2010

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David Otis Fuller (1903-1988) was a graduate of Wheaton College in Wheaton, Illinois and Princeton Theological Seminary. He pastored Chelsea Baptist Church in Atlantic City, New Jersey, and the well known Wealthy Street Baptist Church in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He has also edited Which Bible? (5th Edition) and Counterfeit or Genuine.

Like his earlier book 'Which Bible?' this book (first published in 1973) collects writings of others which are critical of the Westcott-Hort textual theories. Contributors include scholars such as Philip Mauro ("Which Version?") and John William Burgon ("The Revision Revised").

Here are some excerpts from the book:

"HOW can anyone honestly say that any modern version based on the Westcott and Hort Greek text is more accurate than the Authorized Version when the Westcott and Hort text is based upon two of the worst manuscripts, Aleph (Siniaticus) and B (Vaticanus)?" (Pg. 18)
"It seems not to have occurred to this learned man, any more than to the others, that mere antiquity was not a safe test of reliability where witnesses were in conflict, and that a late copy of a correct original should be preferred to a corrupt Ms. of earlier date." (Pg. 69)
"Against Rev. 13:18 ... we find noted: 'Some ancient authorities read six hundred and sixteen.' But why is not the whole truth told? Why are we not informed that only one corrupt uncial (c), only one cursive copy (II), only one father (Tichonius) and not one ancient version, advocates this reading? (Which, on the contrary, Irenaeus knew, but rejected...)" (Pg. 147-148)

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5.0 out of 5 stars The Westcott-Hort Textual Theory Demolished, November 15, 2010

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The full title of this book is in fact "True or False? The Westcott-Hort Textual Theory Examined", but I think my review title states it more accurately. Included in this volume are several detailed, fact-based critiques of the theory of textual criticism underlying the Revised Version (and virtually all subsequent English versions) of the Bible, dating from John William Burgon's blistering evisceration published in direct response to the Revision of 1881, through Philip Mauro's 1924 critique, up to William Norman Pickering's 1968 doctoral thesis.

Since supporters of the Westcott-Hort theory have never been able to refute any of these criticisms, it should come as no surprise that there is a lot of repetition here as each critic repeats and adds to the never refuted arguments of his predecessors. We are entitled to presume much from the fact that the strongest argument against Westcott-Hort critics is that they have been too sarcastic, too unchristian, too "mean" about it. Well, maybe, but methinks a certain amount of righteous anger is deserved by advocates of a theory this easily debunked who deal with criticism primarily by the expedient of ignoring it! However, I will grant that Pickering's soft-spoken vindication of Burgon and respectful but total discrediting of Hort based upon discoveries made since 1881 is by far the most effective argument in the book.

Note: The argument begins in Which Bible? and continues in Counterfeit or Genuine? Mark 16? John 8?.