Greek New Testament text types and earliest translations

Abstract

The paper discusses the different text types in which the Greek New Testament was written and their individual characteristics that distinguish one text-type from another. There are three major text types that can be enumerated here: the Byzantine, the Alexandrian and the Western text-type. It also concentrates upon the earliest translations of the Greek New Testament. The following are can be enumerated here: Old Syriac, Latin, Gothic, Coptic, Armenian, Georgian and Ethiopic.