Novum Testamentum Graecum - Editio Critica Maior Vol. III: Part 2 Supplementary Material : The Acts of the Apostles

The Editio Critica Maior (ECM) provides the full range of resourcesnecessary for scholar research in establishing the text andreconstructing the history of the New Testament text during its firstthousand years. These include:* All the variants found in the selected Greek manuscripts and incitations by the Greek Fathers* The evidence of the three most important early versions (Latin,Coptic, and Syriac) where they witness variants in the Greek text. * The evidence of other versions (Armenian, Georgian, Old ChurchSlavonic and Ethiopic) where they witness variants in the Greektext, and to the extent they are available in editions. The supplementary studies support the textual decisions.

It containsdescriptions of New Testament manuscripts, with definitions oftheir textual character in the light of the total evidence, and anarrangement of the manuscripts and manuscript groups by theirrole in the development of the text.

This promotes greater clarity inthe definition of external criteria for decisions on variant readings,guarantees a more thorough perspective on the textual scene andstimulates further research.

A textual commentary discusses allpassages where difficulties are found in textual traditions.