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Thomas Hartwell Horne (1780-1862) first published his most famous work in 1818. Reissued in five parts, this is the four-volume tenth edition (1856), with revisions by Samuel Davidson (c.1806-98) and Samuel Prideaux Tregelles (1813-75). It remains a monumental and influential work of nineteenth-century biblical scholarship.

Thomas Hartwell Horne (1780-1862) first published his most famous work in 1818. Reissued in five parts, this is the four-volume tenth edition (1856), with revisions by Samuel Davidson (c.1806-98) and Samuel Prideaux Tregelles (1813-75). It remains a monumental and influential work of nineteenth-century biblical scholarship.

Thomas Hartwell Horne (1780-1862) first published his most famous work in 1818. Reissued in five parts, this is the four-volume tenth edition (1856), with revisions by Samuel Davidson (c.1806-98) and Samuel Prideaux Tregelles (1813-75). It remains a monumental and influential work of nineteenth-century biblical scholarship.

Volume 1 of this influential but unfinished early twentieth-century edition of the Septuagint contains the first part of the Octateuch, the books of Genesis, Exodus and Leviticus. Its extensive critical apparatus remains a widely respected work of biblical textual criticism and is an invaluable resource for biblical scholars today..

Volume 2 of this influential but unfinished early twentieth-century edition of the Septuagint contains the second part of the Octateuch, the books of Numbers, Deuteronomy, Judges, Joshua and Ruth. Its extensive critical apparatus remains a widely respected work of biblical textual criticism and is still consulted by scholars today.

Volume 3 of this influential but unfinished early twentieth-century edition of the Septuagint contains the later historical books. Its extensive critical apparatus remains a widely respected work of biblical textual criticism and is an invaluable resource for biblical scholars today.

The final volume of this influential but unfinished early twentieth-century edition of the Septuagint contains the books of Esther, Judith, and Tobit. Its extensive critical apparatus remains a widely respected work of biblical textual criticism and is an invaluable resource for biblical scholars today.

In this 1881 book, Westcott and Hort introduced their landmark Greek New Testament text (printed in volume two of this set), and explained their innovative methods of biblical criticism. Their work established the practice of using the earliest and most authoritative manuscripts, which remains central to biblical scholarship today.

Samuel Prideaux Tregelles (1813-1875) was a pioneer of nineteenth-century Biblical textual scholarship with his seven-volume edition of the Greek New Testament from ancient sources. This volume reissues the original volumes 5, 6 and 7, which contain the continuation of the Epistles, Revelation, and the posthumous Prolegomena.

The second edition of Griesbach's Novum Testamentum Graece, published in two volumes in 1796 and 1806, laid the foundation for modern biblical textual criticism. The preface to Volume 1 of this edition outlines fifteen criteria for evaluating the reliability of biblical manuscripts. Volume 2 contains Acts, the Epistles, and Revelation.

Samuel Prideaux Tregelles (1813-1875) was a pioneer of nineteenth-century Biblical textual scholarship with his seven-volume edition of the Greek New Testament from ancient sources. Volume 2 (1861) describes the manuscripts consulted, and contains the Gospels of Luke and John in Greek and Latin.

Samuel Prideaux Tregelles (1813-1875) was a pioneer of nineteenth-century Biblical textual scholarship with his seven-volume edition of the Greek New Testament from ancient sources. Volume 3 (1865) describes the manuscripts consulted, and contains the Acts of the Apostles and the Catholic epistles in Greek and Latin.

Samuel Prideaux Tregelles (1813-1875) was a pioneer of nineteenth-century Biblical textual scholarship with his seven-volume edition of the Greek New Testament from ancient sources. Volume 4 (1869) describes the manuscripts consulted, and contains Romans to 2 Thessalonians in Greek and Latin.

Scrivener's 1859 publication of his transcription of the Codex Augiensis - a ninth-century Greek and Latin manuscript of St Paul's Epistles - is a document of considerable historical significance in biblical textual criticism. This book also contains 'full and exact' collations of fifty manuscripts of the Gospels.

The two-volume second edition of Lachmann's New Testament in Greek and Latin was published in Berlin in 1842 and 1850. Based on a greater range of sources, the text differs significantly from the heavily criticised first edition published in 1831. This volume contains the books from Acts to Revelation.

Published in 1909, Hort's unfinished commentary on the Epistle of St James included an authoritative Greek text and detailed notes on the language and interpretation of the Epistle, its authorship and New Testament context, and its reception up to and including the dawn of the Darwinian age.

The second edition of Griesbach's Novum Testamentum Graece, published in two volumes in 1796 and 1806, laid the foundation for modern biblical textual criticism. In the preface to Volume 1 of this edition, Griesbach outlines fifteen criteria for evaluating the reliability of biblical manuscripts. Volume 1 contains the four gospels.

This third-century Syriac treatise is an early record of ecclesiastical law, covering topics such as Christian discipline, ethics, forgiveness and charity. The text was published in 1903 by the pioneering scholar Margaret Gibson, and contains additional material uncovered by her, providing a more complete version of this important work.

The third-century Syriac treatise Didascalia Apostolorum was edited and translated into English in 1903 by the pioneering scholar Margaret Gibson. Covering topics including the organisation of the early church and the conduct of the clergy, this is an important source for historians interested in Christian doctrine and law.

The New Testament in the Original Greek (1881), edited by Westcott and Hort, offers a reconstructed text based on the readings of the third-century uncial manuscripts Vaticanus and Sinaiticus, with a full critical apparatus. Westcott and Hort's revolutionary editorial principles broke the ground for New Testament textual criticism today.

Stories about the acts of the apostles have been circulating since the second century: colourful tales of the travels, miracles and martyrdoms of St Paul, St Andrew and St James, brother of Jesus. This Arabic version of the text was first published in 1904 by the pioneering scholar Agnes Lewis.