In Critical History of the Text of the New Testament, 17th century Oratorian Richard Simon (1638-1712), âfatherâ of modern biblical criticism, surveys the genuineness, accuracy, authority, and reliability of all then known sources of the New Testament. He makes rigorous, objective, and expert use of a staggering quantity of material relating to the textâGreek and Latin manuscripts, early versions, quotations from the Old Testament in the New, from the Church Fathers and other commentators of all periods. Though in his day Simon was contradicted, opposed, persecuted, and silenced, it is precisely because, three centuries ago, he dared to be different, and because of his knowledge and his scrupulously âscientificâ approach, that his work deserves to reach a wider audience.
"Overall this is a very useful volume for those interested in the history of New Testament critical scholarship and textual criticism" â Paul Foster, University of Edinburgh, in: The Expository Times 125/2 (2013)
University and theological and biblical seminary academics and students of New Testament textual criticism and exegesis, Greek and Latin witnesses (papyruses and manuscripts); clergymen; academic libraries; public libraries; educated/Christian laymen.