The Emphasised New Testament By Joseph Bryant Rotherham, 1901

The Emphasised New Testament By Joseph Bryant Rotherham, 1901

Author: Joseph Bryant Rotherham

Year: 1901

g'3 PREFACE. THIS work is a Third Edition of "The New Testament Newly Translated *Ind Critically Emphasised," published first in 1872 and then in 1878. The leading characteristics of the former editions are here preserved:—the rendering is based on a revised Greek text, is more literal than the Authorized Version or the Revised, and pays only a measured regard to the theological and ecclesiastical - terms in common use. At the Same time the 'book has been so thoroughly remoulded as to be practically a new work. The Greek text translated is no longer that of Dr. S. P. Tregelles, which had in part been issued when the Sinai Codex was brought to light, but the more recent text of Drs. Westcott and Holt; the idiom of the translation has been a little softened to make it more suitable for social reading; thenotationofEmphasishasbeenmademorecomprehensiveingrasp,lighter in touch, and more agreeable to the eye; quotations from the Old Testament, including 'adapted language as well as formal citation, have been rendered •conspicuous by the use of italics; the references, especially in the Revelation, have been augmented; the larger notes have been reconsidered, added to, and gathered into a