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CONTENTS OF INTRODUCTION
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| Section II. Documentary Groups as limited by reference to the Best Primary Greek MSS (281—355) | 207—271 | |
| A. 281—283. Relation of variations between Primary Greek MSS to the chief ancient texts | 207—209 | |
| 281. | Natural harmony between a true interpretation of the relations between important groups and the known relations between the chief ancient texts | 207 |
| 282. | Its apparent violation by the apparent opposition of composite attestation to probable readings; | 208 |
| 283. | explained by the early adoption of Western readings in eclectic texts, and by the mixed texts of most extant MSS | 209 |
| B. 284—286. General relations of B and א to other documents | 210–212 | |
| 284. | Preeminence of אB combined, and comparative preeminence of Β alone, ascertained by Internal Evidence of Groups; | 210 |
| 285. | as it was virtually by analysis of the texts of documents in relation to the chief ancient texts | 210 |
| 286. | Substantial independence of the two processes, and consequent mutual verification | 211
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| C. 287—304. Origin and character of readings of אB combined | 212–227 | |
| 287. | Enquiry into the preeminence of אB combined | 212 |
| 288. | Question as to the independence of their respective texts; not answered by the participation of the scribe of Β in the writing of א | 213 |
| 289. | Community of readings in any two MSS insufficient for determining the proximity or distance of the common source, which may even be the autograph | 214 |
| 290. | The hypothesis of a proximate common origin of א and B, obviously incredible in its literal sense, has now to be examined as limited to a common element in א and Β | 215 |
| 291. | Their texts being simplified by neglect of readings evidently due to mixture and of 'singular' readings, | 215 |
| 292. | the remaining discrepancies, in which each has very ancient support, are unfavourable to the hypothesis | 216 |
| 293. | Community of manifestly wrong readings in any two MSS is a proof that the common original was not the autograph, but is indecisive as to degree of remoteness | 216 |
| 294. | Community of a succession of mere blunders is a sign of proximateness of common source: but only one such is found in אB combined, and that easily explicable by accidental coincidence | 217 |
| 295. | Positive indications of the remoteness of the common source are furnished by the genealogical relations of א and Β under two heads. | 219 |
| 296. | (a) The identity of internal character between the least attested and the better attested readings of אB combined is a reason for referring both to the same common source, which in the latter case cannot be proximate | 219 |
