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of the
Gentiles--Syrio-Low-Latin source--various causes and forms of
corruption. pp. 1-9
CHAPTER I.
General Corruption.
§ 1. Modern re-editing--difference between the New Testament and
other books--immense number of copies--ordinary causes of
error--Doctrinal causes. § 2. Elimination of weakly attested
readings--nature of inquiry. § 3. Smaller blemishes in MSS.
unimportant except when constant. § 4. Most mistakes arose from
inadvertency: many from unfortunate design. pp. 10-23

CHAPTER II.
Accidental Causes of Corruption. I. Pure Accident.
§ 1. St. John x. 29. § 2. Smaller instances, and Acts xx. 24. § 3. St.
Luke ii. 14. § 4. St. Mark xv. 6; vii. 4; vi. 22. § 5. St. Mark viii. 1; vii.
14--St. John xiii. 37. pp. 24-35
CHAPTER III.
Accidental Causes of Corruption. II. Homoeoteleuton.
St. Luke ii. 15--St. John vi. 11; vi. 55--St. Matt. xxiii. 14; xix. 9--St.
Luke xvi. 21. pp. 36-41
CHAPTER IV.
Accidental Causes of Corruption. III. From Writing in Uncials.
§ 1. St. John iv. 35-36. § 2. St. Luke xv. 17--St. John v. 44. § 3. Acts
xxvii. 14--St. John iv. 15--St. Luke xvii. 37--St. Matt. xxii. 23--and
other passages. § 4. St. John v. 4--St. Luke xxiii. 11--St. Matt. iv. 23. §
5. 2 St. Peter i. 31--Heb. vii. 1. § 6. St. Matt. xxvii. 17. pp. 42-55
CHAPTER V.
Accidental Causes of Corruption. IV. Itacism.
§ 1. Various passages--St. John xii. 1, 2; 41. § 2. Rev. i. 5--Other
passages--St. Mark vii. 19. § 3. St. Mark iv. 8. § 4. Titus ii. 5. pp. 56-66
CHAPTER VI.
Accidental Causes of Corruption. V. Liturgical Influence.
§ 1. Lectionaries of the Church--Liturgical influence--Antiquity of the
Lectionary System. § 2. St. John xiv. 1--Acts iii. 1--Last Twelve Verses

of St. Mark. § 3. St. Luke vii. 31; ix. 1--Other passages. § 4. St. Mark
xv. 28. § 5. Acts iii. 1--St. Matt. xiii. 44; xvii. 23. § 6. St. Matt vi. 13
(doxology in the Lord's Prayer). pp. 67-88
CHAPTER VII.
Causes of Corruption Chiefly Intentional. I. Harmonistic Influence.
§ 1. St. Mark xvi. 9. § 2. St. Luke xxiv. 1--other examples. § 3. Chiefly
intentional--Diatessarons--St. Matt. xvii. 25, 26--Harmonized
narratives--Other examples. pp. 89-99
CHAPTER VIII.
Causes of Corruption Chiefly Intentional. II. Assimilation.
§ 1. Transfer from one Gospel to another. § 2. Not entirely
intentional--Various passages. § 3. St. John xvi. 16. § 4. St. John xiii.
21-25. § 5. St. Mark i. 1, 2--Other examples--St. Matt. xii. 10 (St. Luke
xiv. 3)--and others. § 6. St. Mark vi. 11. § 7. St. Mark xiv. 70. pp.
100-122
CHAPTER IX.
Causes of Corruption Chiefly Intentional. III. Attraction.
§ 1. St. John vi. 71 and xiii. 26. § 2. Acts xx. 24--2 Cor. iii. 3. pp.
123-127
CHAPTER X.
Causes of Corruption Chiefly Intentional. IV. Omission.
§ 1. Omissions a class of their own--Exemplified from the Last Twelve
Verses of St. Mark--Omission the besetting fault of transcribers. § 2.
The onus probandi rests upon omitters. § 3. St Luke vi. 1; and other
omissions. § 4. St. Matt. xxi. 44. § 5. St. Matt. xv. 8. § 6. St. Matt. v.
44--Reply to the Reviewer in the Guardian. § 7. Shorter Omissions. pp.

128-156
CHAPTER XI.
Causes of Corruption Chiefly Intentional. V. Transposition.
§ 1. St. Mark i. 5; ii. 3--Other instances. § 2. St. Luke xiii. 9; xxiv. 7. §
3. Other examples--St. John v. 27--Transpositions often petty, but
frequent.
VI. Substitution.
§ 4. If taken with Modifications, a large class--Various instances. pp.
164-165
VII. Addition.
§ 5. The smallest of the four--St. Luke vi. 4--St. Matt. xx. 28. § 6. St.
Matt. viii. 13; xxiv. 36--St. Mark iii. 16--Other examples. pp. 166-171
CHAPTER XII.
Causes of Corruption Chiefly Intentional. VIII. Glosses.
§ 1. Not so numerous as has been supposed--St. Matt. xiii. 36--St. Mark
vii. 3. § 2. St. Luke ix. 23. § 3. St. John vi. 15; xiii. 24; xx. 18--St. Matt.
xxiv. 31. § 4. St. John xviii. 14--St. Mark vi. 11. § 5. St. Mark xiv.
41--St. John ix. 22. § 6. St. John xii. 7. § 7. St. John xvii. 4. § 8. St.
Luke i. 66. § 9. St. Luke v. 7--Acts xx. 4. pp. 172-190
CHAPTER XIII.
Causes of Corruption Chiefly Intentional. IX. Corruption by Heretics.
§ 1. This class very evident--Began in the earliest times--Appeal to
what is earlier still--Condemned in all ages and countries. § 2. The
earliest depravers of the Text--Tatian's Diatessaron. § 3. Gnostics--St.
John i. 3-4. § 4. St. John x. 14, 15. § 5. Doctrinal--Matrimony--St. Matt

i. 19. pp. 191-210
CHAPTER XIV.
Causes of Corruption Chiefly Intentional. X. Corruption by the
Orthodox.
§ 1. St. Luke xix. 41; ii. 40. § 2. St. John viii. 40; and i. 18. § 3. 1 Cor.
xv. 47. § 4. St. John iii. 13. § 5. St.