Examination

                       Of Modern New Testament
                            Text Criticism 
                          Theory and Methods
                              Version 2.0

                      By:  Jeffrey A. Young Ph.D.
                          youngdrj@juno.com

                    For:  Pastor Kenneth K. Miller

                               10/31/95

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Introduction

I.  We Know from God's Word that Modern the Conclusions are False
  A.  God Establishes His Word
  B.  The Scriptures Have Not Been Lost
  C.  No One May Add to or Subtract from God's Word
  D.  Doctrinal Purity is not Popular in the Last Times
  E.  Recent Text Critics Have Modified the Apostasy
II.  We Know from Their Reasoning that the Modern Theory is False
  A.  The Major Premise of Westcott and Hort is False

    (1)  Westcott and Hort's Favorite Manuscripts Bear the Marks of Those 

	Corrupted by Gnostic Adoptionists in the 2nd Century

      (a) These Manuscripts Show Deviations Along Gnostic Doctrinal Lines
      (b) These Manuscripts Show Wild Discordance Within the Set
      (c) These Manuscripts Show Wild Discordance With Manuscripts of Similar Age
      (d) These Manuscripts Show Wild Discordance with the Traditional Text

    (2)  The Evidence Westcott and Hort Offer is Extremely Weak

    (3)  Data Speaking Against the Major Premise is Abundant and Powerful

      (a)  Data from Church History Shows the Major Premise is False
      (b)  Data that Substantiates the Traditional Text 
           Shows that the Major Premise is False
        (i)  The Translations Witness Against the Major Premise
        (ii)  The Church Fathers Witness Against the Major Premise
        (iii)  The Lectionaries Witness Against the Major Premise
        (iv)  The Later Copies Witness Against the Major Premise
      (c)  Recent Papyri Finds Prove the Major Premise False

    (4)  The Beliefs of Westcott and Hort Favor Gnosticism

  B.  Consequent Assumptions of Westcott and Hort are False Because the Major Premise is False
  C.  The Text Criticism Method of Westcott and Hort is False
      Because it is Based on a False Premise and False Implications
  D.  The Application of the Text Criticism Method is Disastrous
  E.  Modern Text Critics have Never Answered the Points Raised in this Essay Although the 

      Weighty Arguments Were Cited within 2 Years of the Publication of the Text Critical Method
	

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