TheBiblehasbeenonalonghistoricaljourneysinceitsoriginalcomposition.Itstextshavebeencopiedandrecopied.Anddespitethemostcarefulandpainstakingeffortsofscribesandpublishersdownthroughthecenturies,errorsofonesortoranotherhavecreptinandhavebeenreproduced.Sortingouttheerrorsanddeterminingtheoriginalwordingisthetaskoftextualcriticism.Infact,thetaskoftextualcriticismissodauntinganddetailedthatitisdividedbetweenOldTestamenttextualcriticsandNewTestamenttextualcritics.ThatiswhynearlyeverybookonthesubjectfocusesonthetextualcriticismofeithertheOldorNewTestament.Butifyouareoneofthoseinterestedinageneralunderstandingoftextualcriticism,thisbookintroducesyoutotextualcriticismofthewholeBible--theHebrewOldTestamentandtheGreekNewTestament.Inplainlanguageandwithampleillustration,PaulD.Wegnergivesyouanoverviewofthehistoryandmethods,aimsandresultsoftextualcriticism.IntheprocessyouwillgainanappreciationforthevastworkthathasbeenaccomplishedinpreservingthetextofScriptureandfindarenewedconfidenceinitsreliability.
