Essays
DEFENDERS OF THE TEXT
Who are the defenders of the text? They are a motley band of heroes, one to be remembered and revered. And so they deserve a real exordium, in the style of Milton’s orations: A lavish introduction. Perhaps though it is a funeral oration, for their time is now past. So we are in a better position, perhaps than ever before, to survey the work of those scholars who defended the text—that is, those who discovered the text; who preserved it; who learned to read it; who transmitted it; who studied it;
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