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of recensions, despised the most ancient authorities, and furnished a text from about a hundred Moscow MSS., all of Constantinopolitan origin, to which he attributed too great a value. The result by no means justified his pretensions and passionate attacks upon others. His Novum Test. Greece et Lett, was published at Riga, 1782-88, 12 vols. 8vo; an edition with the Greek text only, in 3 vols. (1803-7).

The Danish professors BIRCH, ADLER, and MOLDEN- HAWER collected, at the expense of the King of Denmark, a large and valuable amount of new critical material in Italy and Spain, including the readings of the Vatican MS., published by Birch, 1788-1801. During the same period Codd. A, D, and other important MSS. were pub- lished.

F. C. ALTER, in his Greek Test, Vienna, 1786-87, 8vo, gave the readings of twenty-two Vienna MSS., and also of four MSS. of the Slavonic version.

The new discoveries of these scholars went far to con- firm Griesbach's critical judgment.

(11.) J. M. A. SCHOLZ (a pupil of Hug, and Roman Cath- olic professor in Bonn; d. 1852): Novum Testamentum Greece, etc., 1830-36, 2 vols. 4to; the text reprinted by Bagster, London, with the English version.

Scholz was a poor critic, but an extensive collator. He examined many new MSS. in different countries, though not very accurately, and gave the preference to the Byzan- tine family, as distinct from the Alexandrian. He fre- quently departed from the received text, yet, upon the whole, preserved it in preference to that of the Vulgate (which is remarkable for a Roman Catholic). His edition has found greater favour in England than in Germany. It marks no advance upon Griesbach.

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