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Textus Receptus
Reprints
Greek and Hebrew
About Our Reprints
Why the Textus Receptus?
For hundreds of years the Textus Recptus (Received Text) was regarded as the authoritative and accepted text of the Bible. However, since the 19th century, there has been a major push among scholars to completely discard the long-cherished Textus Receptus and to replace it with the Alexandrian Text.
Despite the scholarly consensus against the Textus Receptus, a growing minority is returning to the Textus Receptus, which – unlike the Alexandrian Text – is in general agreement with the majority of all known Greek manuscripts.
Some Historic Editions of the
Greek Textus Receptus
The Textus Receptus is not one particular edition of the Greek New Testament, but a group of early printed editions which show very few differences among them.
A leaf of Stephanus' 1550 Textus Receptus, as reprinted by Scrivener with variants and references.
The most famous of all printings of the Textus Receptus is the historic edition of 1550, published by Ropert Estine (also known as Robert Stephanus or Robert Stephens). This edition of 1550 is the most definitive edition of the Textus Receptus, and later became known as the Textus Receptus.
Shockingly, upon a recent attempt to order a printed copy of Staphanus’ 1550 Textus Receptus, we were unable to find it available for purchase in printed format! (Only an edited version of Beza’s Textus Receptus was available, discussed below.) Thus we undertook to publish a reprint edition of the 1550 Textus Receptus using high-quality images to ensure that every work and note is readable. This reprint was originally published by Scrivener over 100 years ago, and is an exact reproduction of Stephanus’ 1550 edition, without any modifications to the main text. The marginal readings from Stephanus’ original work, as well as variants from other editions of the Textus Receptus were collected and indicated in hundreds of footnotes throughout the text.
Apart from publishing a reprint edition of Stephanus 1550 Textus Receptus, Scrivener also produced his own version of the Textus Receptus: He edited Beza’s Textus Receptus to conform to every text-critical decision and emendation followed by the translators of the Authorized King James Version. Every change from Beza’s Textus Receptus was noted by Scrivener in an Appendix. He also collated the changes made by the Revisers and indicated the assumed Greek subtext for each change in his footnotes.
Although Scrivener’s edited Textus Receptus is readily available for purchase, all the reprints we have seen are produced without the notes and Appendix which made Scrivener’s version useful. Therefore we are please to publish a version of Scrivener’s Textus Receptus which includes all the important abovementioned information.
A page from Scrivener's edited version of the Textus Receptus, showing variants from the Revised version in the footnotes
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Historic Editions of the Hebrew Old Testament
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