Georgiadis
Puritan Board Freshman
Majority Text vs. Critical Text vs. Textus Receptus - Textual Criticism 101 - Berean Patriot
There are three major competing Greek sources to use for translating the New Testament: the Critical Text, the Majority Text, and the Textus Receptus. The science of assembling these manuscripts is called “Textual Criticism”, and you can consider this a complete Textual Criticism 101 article...
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I found this exhaustive breakdown of the Critical / Majority / Confessional views really helpful. Appologies if it has already been shared. It’s a long read but worth it if you’d like to see the strengths and weaknesses of each method. The author doesn’t come out in FULL support of any one particular text but leans towards the Majority Text as a good starting point and refers to his preferred model as “Equitable Eclecticism” at the end.