TEXT HISTORY
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WORLD HISTORY
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1721
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Robert Walpole becomes the first prime minister of Great Britain.
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1734
Johann Albrecht Bengel publishes his edition of the Greek New Testament. |
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This particular edition of publication led to an enhancement of Robert Estienne's earlier fourth edition in which verses were introduced. Here Bengel introduces a text with paragraph structure.
1738-1790
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The Methodist Church begins to expand under the leadership of John Wesley and Charles Wesley.
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1758
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Noah Webster is born in Hartford, Connecticut.
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1764
The Quaker Bible is published under the direction of Anthony Purver. |
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The actual title of the Quaker Bible was "A new and literal translation of all the books of the Old and New Testament; with notes critical and explanatory." Very little is documented today about which Greek and Hebrew texts would have been used in this edition, but being prior to Westcott, Hort, and others, one can consider the possibility that Purver used the Textus Receptus. On the other hand, it can be debated that regardless of his use of Greek or Hebrew, he was not deemed as an "authorized" translator.
1773
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The Boston-Tea Party takes place as a revolt against taxation without representation.
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1775-1783
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The American Revolutionary War begins as a prequel to the Declaration of Indepedence (1776).
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1776
The Declaration of Independence is signed under the pen of Thomas Jefferson. |
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1786
The Codex Alexandrinus is first published in Woide's lesser known Greek New Testament. |
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1789
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George Washington is elected as the first president of the United States.
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1789-1799
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The French Revolution begins.
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1790
Noah Webster's fight to achieve copyright laws is passed by the federal government. |
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1792
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The New York Stock Exchange Board (NYSE) is established.
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1793
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Karl Lachmann is born in Germany.
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Beginning in 1831, Lachmann would become the first to part ways with the Byzantine Text and generally accepted Textus Receptus. As a philologist (professor of language), he believed that it was important to restore the most ancient readings available in correlation with what was known from the majority text. The Institute for New Testament Textual Research has noted that the difference between the Byzantine Text and Lachmann's Alexandrian text are 85% identical. What remains arguable and worthy to debate is whether a 15% difference (even in slight notations) ought to be considered the preserved text.
1794
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Eli Whitney invents the cotton gin.
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1799
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Napoleon becomes the dictator of France.
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