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The importance of Patristic citations of New Testament passages is not generally recognized, and my great interest in this particular field of study is due to the profound influence of the late Professor F. C. Burkitt, who some years ago guided me in my reading and gave me so much kind and valuable help.
The main purpose of this book is to reconstruct the New Testament text as quoted by St Ambrose; to compare his text with the Old Latin texts and Vulgate texts, and to examine the text with reference to the underlying Greek. The New Testament quotations of St Ambrose generally reach a high standard of accuracy, showing agreement either with the Greek reading (Textus Receptus), or a variant, or some Latin MS. authority. The result of my labours, which have extended over a period of some five years, will be seen in the Introduction, the Latin text, and the apparatus criticus.
I desire to express my best thanks to Professor C. H. Dodd, editor of the New Series of Texts and Studies; to the Syndics of the University Press for undertaking to publish my book; and to the staff of the Press for help in its production.
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- The New Testament Text of Saint Ambrose , pp. v - viPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1959