File Name: Hastings, H.L. - The Corruptions of the New Testament
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File Submitted: 07 Jun 2014
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Author: Horace Lorenzo Hastingse-Sword Version: 9.x - 10.x
THE
CORRUPTIONS
OF THE
NEW TESTAMENT
BY H. L. HASTINGS,
Editor of The Christian, Boston.
COPYRIGHT 1884.
H. L. Hastings, 47 Cornhill,
Scriptural Tract Repository. London
"The Corruptions of the New Testament" was written in answer to the skeptics who claim that we have a corrupted, unreliable New Testament; written in answer to those who claim that many of the books aren't what they claim to be, and that the early church didn't even accept them. Though written 130 years ago, this book is engaging, interesting, informative, and worth reading.
Among its "features" is a list of every manuscript variance in the Sermon on the Mount, which shows just how insignificant the overwhelming majority of "variants" actually are.
Hastings also takes a tour through history, referencing the early Christian writers often to show that these books were accepted and used from a very early time.
Sections:
HOW OLD IS THE ENGLISH BIBLE? 3
OLD BIBLES IN OTHER LANGUAGES. 5
UNCIAL AND CURSIVE MANUSCRIPTS. 6
VARIOUS READINGS. 7
THE MOST ANCIENT MANUSCRIPTS. 9
THE VARIATIONS IN DIFFERENT EDITIONS 12
VARIOUS READINGS IN THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT. 14
THE PRESERVATION OF THE MANUSCRIPTS. 18
NO RECORD OF APOSTLES’ DEATH. 34
WHAT, THEN, ARE OUR CONCLUSIONS? 38
GENUINE AND SPURIOUS BOOKS 41
EUSEBIUS ON THE SACRED CANON, 42
THE TESTIMONY OF ORIGEN ON THE CANON. 44
THE MURATORIAN FRAGMENT ON THE CANON. 45
THE EARLIEST LIST OF THE NEW TESTAMENT BOOKS. 46
THE DISPUTED NEW TESTAMENT BOOKS. 48
THE EPISTLE TO THE HEBREWS. 56
THE CONCLUSION OF THE MATTER. 63
THE FOUNTAIN HEAD. 63
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