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Introduction to the textual criticism of the Greek New Testament

APPENDIX I.

William Edie translation

The following is a list of writers most frequently cited in critical editions of the New Testament. They are arranged chronologically, but it must be remembered that the dates are more or less uncertain, and that in the case of many writers the period of activity lies in two centuries:—

FIRST CENTURY.

Greek. Latin.

Clement of Rome, fl. 95

Ignatius, d. 107?

Barnabas, ?

SECOND CENTURY.

Didache, ?

Hermas, 140?

Marcion (in Epiphanius

and Tertullian), fl. 145

Aristides, 139

Polycarp, d. 155

Justin Martyr, d. 165

Clementine Homilies and Recognitions, ca. 190

Papias, fl. 140

Gospel of Peter, ca. 170

Tatian, fl. 170

Athenagoras, fl. 177

Theophilus of Antioch, d. 182

Celsus (in Origen), ca. 180

Hegesippus, fl. 180

Irenæus (see Latin), d. 202 Tertullian, fl. 200

Clement of Alexandria, fl. 194 Irenæi Interpres (according to

Tischendorf and Gregory, but

see below).

337

THIRD CENTURY.

Hippolytus, fl. 220

Julius Africanus, fl. 220

Gregory Thaumaturgus, d. 265

Origen, d. 248 Cyprian, d. 258

Dionysius of Alexandria, d. 265 Novatian, fl. 251

Porphyry, d. 304 Lactantius, fl. 306

Pamphilus, d. 308 Arnobius, d. 306

Methodius, d. 310 Victorinus of Pettau, d. 303

Didascalia, ?

Apostolic Constitutions

(and fourth century,

etc.).

FOURTH CENTURY.

Arius, fl. 325

Jacobus Nisibenus (Syrian), d. 338 Juvencus, fl. 330

Eusebius of Cæsarea, d. 340 Irenæi Interpres (according

Aphraates (Syrian), fl. 340 to Westcott and Hort).

Eustathius, Bishop of

Antioch, fl. 350 Hilary of Poictiers, d. 368

Zeno, fl. 350 Victorinus of Rome, fl. 360

Athanasius, d. 373 Damasus, Pope, fl. 366

Ephraem (Syrian), d. 373 Lucifer, d. 371

Basil the Great, d. 379 Pacianus, fl. 370

Evagrius of Pontus, d. 380 Optatus, fl. 371

Cyril of Jerusalem, d. 386 Philastrius, fl. 380

Amphilochius, fl. 370 Gaudentius, fl. 387

Macarius Magnes, fl. 373 Rufinus, fl. 397

Gregory Nazianzen, d. 390 Ambrose, d. 397

Gregory of Nyssa, d. 394 Ambrosiaster, fl. 390

Diodorus of Tarsus, d. 394 Chromatius, fl. 390

Didymus of Alexandria, d. 394 Tyconius, fl. 390

Theophilus of Alexandria, fl. 388 Jerome, d. 420

Epiphanius, d. 403 Priscillian, ca. fin.

Chrysostom, fl. 407 Auctor libri De Rebaptismate.

Isidore of Pelusium, fl. 412

338

FIFTH CENTURY.

Nonnus, fl. 400 Faustus, fl. 400

Theodore of Mopsuestia, d. 429 Hilary of Arles, d. 429

Victor of Antioch, d. 430 Augustine, d. 430

Cyril of Alexandria, d. 444 Prosper of Aquitania, fl. 431

Theodotus of Ancyra, fl. 431 Sedulius, fl. 431

Basil of Seleucia, fl. 440 Leo the Great, fl. 440

Socrates, fl. 440 Petrus Chrysologus, d. 455

Theodoret, Bishop of Gennadius, fl. 459

Cyrus, d. 457 Vigilius, fl. 484

Euthalius, d. 458 Auctor libri De Promissionibus.

Sozomen, fl. 440

SIXTH CENTURY.

Candidus Isaurus, fl. 500 Fulgentius, Bishop of Ruspe, d. 533

Severus of Antioch, fl. 512 Justinian, fl. 530

Theodorus Lector, fl. 525 Cæsarius of Arles, d. 543

Andreas, Bishop of Primasius, fl. 550

Cæsarea, ca. fin.

Maxentius, ? Victor, Bishop of Tunis, d. 565

Cosmas Indicopleustes, fl. 535 Cassiodorus, d. 575

Eutychius, fl. 553 Gregory the Great, d. 604

Chronicon Paschale.

SEVENTH CENTURY.

Antiochus the Monk, fl. 614 Peter the Deacon, ?

Andreas of Crete, fl. 635?

Maximus Confessor, d. 662

Modestus of Jerusalem, ?

EIGHTH CENTURY.

Damascenus, Johannes, fl. 730 Bede, d. 735

Nicephorus, fl. 787

Petrus Siculus, ?

339

NINTH CENTURY.

Photius of Constantinople, d. 891

TENTH CENTURY.

Arethas, ?

Symeon, ?

Œcumenius, ca. 950?

Suidas the Lexicographer, ca. 980

ELEVENTH CENTURY.

Theophylact, Bishop of Bulgaria, fl. 1077

TWELFTH CENTURY.

Euthymius Zigabenus, fl. 1116

Nicetas of Byzantium, d. 1206

340

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