Recension
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Recension is the practice of editing or revising a text based on critical analysis.[1] When referring to manuscripts, this may be a revision by another author. The term is derived from Latin recensio ("review, analysis").
In textual criticism, particularly Biblical scholarship, the count noun recension is a family of manuscripts sharing similar traits;[2] for example, the Alexandrian text-type may be referred to as the "Alexandrian recension". The term recension may also refer to the process of collecting and analyzing source texts in order to establish a tree structure leading backward to a hypothetical original text.
See also
- Biblical manuscript
- Categories of New Testament manuscripts
- Critical apparatus
References
- ^ Definition of "recension", yourdictionary.com
- ^ "Synoptic Gospels Primer: Recension"
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