vol. 37, Issue #2

Online Journal Article: The Majority Text Theory: History, Methods And Critique - Daniel B. Wallace* Jets 37/2 (June 1994) 185-215

https://www.etsjets.org/files/JETS-PDFs/37/37-2/JETS_37-2_185-215_Wallace.pdf

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Complete article may be found here:
https://www.etsjets.org/files/JETS-PDFs/37/37-2/JETS_37-2_185-215_Wallace.pdf

THE MAJORITY!TEXT THEORY:
HISTORY, METHODS AND CRITIQUE -
DANIEL B. WALLACE*
JETS 37/2 (June 1994) 185-215

Excerpt:
For the first two!thirds of the twentieth century, NT textual critics
could speak with one accord: The textus receptus (TR) had finally been laid
to rest. In 1899 Marvin Vincent referred to it as an "historical monument"
that "has been summarily rejected as a basis for a correct text."
A. T. Robertson in 1926 declared: "The Textus Receptus is as dead as Queen Anne."
Eight years later Leo Vaganay similarly pronounced last rites over the
corpse. And just three decades ago Bruce Metzger could justifiably dismiss
the contemporary defense of the Byzantine text in a mere footnote
--from the first page of the article