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Canon Muratorian: The Earliest Catalogue of the Books of the New Testament, Edited With Notes
Excerpt from Canon Muratorian: The Earliest Catalogue of the Books of the New Testament, Edited With Notes
It seems as if it must have been a kind of common-place book, in which some monk, possessed of more industry than learning or critical tact, had written out various things which came in his way, without his having any definite reason in his selections, and without there being any relation between the things so brought together. Many, however, of the astonishing mistakes found in the fragments did not originate with him, though he may perhaps have increased them, partly from ignorance, and partly from that frequent cause of the corruption of ancient texts - the attempt at emendation.
The fragment on the Canon is defective at the beginning, and this appears to be from the loss of leaves, perhaps one quire, between what are now the first and second.
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This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
It seems as if it must have been a kind of common-place book, in which some monk, possessed of more industry than learning or critical tact, had written out various things which came in his way, without his having any definite reason in his selections, and without there being any relation between the things so brought together. Many, however, of the astonishing mistakes found in the fragments did not originate with him, though he may perhaps have increased them, partly from ignorance, and partly from that frequent cause of the corruption of ancient texts - the attempt at emendation.
The fragment on the Canon is defective at the beginning, and this appears to be from the loss of leaves, perhaps one quire, between what are now the first and second.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
129 pages, Hardcover
First published December 16, 2008
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Samuel Prideaux Tregelles
84 books3 followersSamuel Prideaux Tregelles was an English biblical scholar, textual critic, and theologian.
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February 7, 2025
A fascinating scholarly study of the Muratorian fragment. I skimmed large sections of this for reasons that will be obvious to most readers (much of this work contains appended notes, translations, etc.). The fragment itself is an amazing historical piece for those interested in the development of the Christian canon.
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