新約聖書の西方型ギリシャ語本文 <論文>

The purpose of this essay is to observe and assert that the Western Text of the New Testament is of great importance and value in constructing the original text, which is the autograph that is no longer extant in its entirety.

We do, however, have legions of witnesses in which the original reading is embedded. But the original wording is not preserved in one particular text-type alone, as Westcott and fort have the tendency to insist. The Western Text has been rather abhored as corrupted, paraphrased, and freely interpolated. But the fact that most early Christian writers, as early as the second century, bear witness of the Western Text in a wide geographical area, indicates this text-type prevailed and was frequently used in the early period.

In conclusion, it can be definitely said that the basic Western Text is relatively pure and close to what was originally written, but suffered from various hands through frequent additions and alterations. C. R. Gregory calls it the "Re-Wrought text" instead of the "Western Text" and convincingly asserts that the Western Text is the re-work of the original. Thus it plays an important role in preserving the original text, as well as assisting in its reconstruction.