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The aim of the scholarly editor is not to produce the the easiest text for the reader, but to get as near as he can to the text of the author. - Frederic G. Kenyon
" "The aim of the scholarly editor is not to produce the the easiest text for the reader, but to get as near as he can to the text of the author.
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About Frederic G. Kenyon
Sir Frederic George Kenyon GBE KCB TD FBA FSA (15 January 1863 – 23 August 1952) was a British paleographer and biblical and classical scholar. Kenyon was a noted scholar of ancient languages, and made a life-long study of the Bible, especially the New Testament as an historical text.
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