Recension

Recension

Recension

Practice of editing or revising a text based on critical analysis

For liturgical recensions, see Use (liturgy).

Recension is the practice of editing or revising a text based on critical analysis.[1] When referring to manuscripts, this may be a revision by another author. The term is derived from the Latin recensio ("review, analysis").

In textual criticism (as is the case with Biblical scholarship), the count noun recension is a family of manuscripts sharing similar traits;[2] for example, the Alexandrian text-type may be referred to as the "Alexandrian recension". The term recension may also refer to the process of collecting and analyzing source texts in order to establish a tree structure leading backward to a hypothetical original text.

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References

  1. [1]
    Definition of "recension", yourdictionary.com
  2. [2]
    "Synoptic Gospels Primer: Recension"


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