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 | | The first group he supposed to be of Byzantine origin, and to it belonged the majority of modern manuscripts and the Syriac version; the second, of Egyptian provenance, was represented by Codex Alexandrinus and the manuscripts of the early Latin and Coptic versions. |
 | | Bentley made known his plans for such an edition in a letter to Dr. Wake, Archbishop of Canterbury, in 1716 (quoted at length in Tregelles 1854), and he further described and advertised it for subscription in the Proposals of 1720. |
 | | For a description of Bentley's study and the controversy see H. Monk, The Life of Richard Bentley (2nd ed., London, 1833); Adam Fox, John Mill and Richard Bentley: A Study of the Textual Criticism of the New Testament 1675-1729 (Oxford: Blackwell, 1954); and A.A. Ellis, Bentleii Critica Sacra (Cambridge, 1862). |
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