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The Center for Study and Preservation of the Majority Text

The Center for Study and Preservation of the Majority Text (CSPMT) is an organization dedicated to scholarly study, research and preservation of Byzantine Greek New Testament manuscripts. This textual tradition is found in various printed editions in the West and is also preserved in the Greek New Testament and lectionary text of the Orthodox church.

Our board members at CSPMT are leading ecclesiastical officials, pastors and textual scholars from various traditions which uphold the Byzantine text of the Greek New Testament. At CSPMT we are dedicated in sharing this rich legacy with scholars, clergy and other interested parties.

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News & Website Updates

February 8th

CSPMT research summary on Greek lectionary manuscripts and editions has been added to our lectionary section. You may also read it by clicking here

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March 23rd

RSS updates now available on the CSPMT website. Clicking on the RSS button to the left will provide you with the RSS feed of our news releases.

March 13th

CSPMT would like to thank the staff of the Freer Gallery/Smithsonian Institute for the recent up close and personal examination of Codex W(032). We would also like to announce the continued availability of high resolution color DVD images of the complete manuscript available at the following link: http://www.asia.si.edu/research/sets/biblical.asp.

Codex Washingtonensis remains an extremely valuable and underestimated manuscript for its importance to the autographic text of the New Testament.

March 9th

The CSPMT lectionary edition comparison study has been added to the Resources section.

March 9th

Herman Hoskier's vols. on B(Vaticanus) and Revelation have been added to the Resources section.

March 8th

Dr. Phil Stringer has joined the Board of Directors of CSPMT.

March 6th

Updated CSPMT Lectionary variant listing added to Collation page.

March 1st

The McReynolds and the Omanson Byzantine text studies on Luke and Mark utilizing CPM are now available in the collations section.

February 8th

Peter Streitenberger of Germany has recently joined CSPMT and will be aiding in the production of the BGNT (Byzantine Greek New Testament) edition.

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