Prolegomena to Bentley’s Unfinished New Testament Project

An-Ting Yi; J.L.H. Krans-Plaisier; Bert Jan Lietaert Peerbolte

doi:10.1163/15685365-12341670.

Prolegomena to Bentley’s Unfinished New Testament Project

An-Ting Yi, J.L.H. Krans-Plaisier, Bert Jan Lietaert Peerbolte

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Abstract

It is well known that the eighteenth-century classical scholar Richard Bentley once announced but never finished an ambitious project for a critical NT edition. What is less well known is that numerous entries of his archive have been preserved in Wren Library of Trinity College (tcl), Cambridge, until today. This article provides some prolegomena to a comprehensive enquiry into Bentley’s unfinished NT project. It includes an updated summary of the archive, relevant secondary literature, a few examples for illustration, and on the basis of all this, some suggestions for future study.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	322-338
Number of pages	17
Journal	Novum Testamentum
Volume	62
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1163/15685365-12341670.
Publication status	Published - 2020

Keywords

Richard Bentley; New Testament; textual criticism; history of scholarship; Wren Library; Trinity College Cambridge

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