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'''Textual Criticism''' is the field of biblical study that conceptually follows the development of the [[Biblical canon]]. It attempts to ascertain the original wording of the text in situation when the very original manuscripts (''autographs'') were lost and only their copies are available, whereas there are variations among them.<ref name="Virkler">{{cite book |author= Henry A. Virkler and Karelynne Gerber Ayayo|title= Hermeneutics: Principles and Processes of Biblical Interpretation|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=FqOTmR7JYREC&printsec=frontcover&dq=Virkler+Hermeneutics:+Principles+and+Processes+of+Biblical+Interpretation&hl=en&sa=X&ei=ldmWUMbwA-_34QTcwYHADA&ved=0CCsQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=Textual%20Criticism&f=false|edition=2|year=2007|origyear=1981 |publisher= Bacer Academic|location= Grand Rapids, Michigan|isbn= 978-0-8010-3138-0|pages= 17, 40|chapter= 1:Introduction to Biblical Hermeneutics |quote= |ref= }}</ref> These discrepancies are assumed to result from copyists' errors.<ref>{{cite book

'''Textual Criticism''' is the field of biblical study that conceptually follows the development of the [[Biblical canon]]. It attempts to ascertain the original wording of the text in situation when the very original manuscripts (''autographs'') were lost and only their copies are available, whereas there are variations among them.<ref name="Virkler">{{cite book |author= Henry A. Virkler and Karelynne Gerber Ayayo|title= Hermeneutics: Principles and Processes of Biblical Interpretation|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=FqOTmR7JYREC&printsec=frontcover&dq=Virkler+Hermeneutics:+Principles+and+Processes+of+Biblical+Interpretation&hl=en&sa=X&ei=ldmWUMbwA-_34QTcwYHADA&ved=0CCsQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=Textual%20Criticism&f=false|edition=2|year=2007|origyear=1981 |publisher= Bacer Academic|location= Grand Rapids, Michigan|isbn= 978-0-8010-3138-0|pages= 17, 40|chapter= 1:Introduction to Biblical Hermeneutics |quote= |ref= }}</ref> These discrepancies are assumed to result from copyists' errors.<ref>{{cite book

|author=David G. Dunbar et al.

|author=Craig L. Blomberg

|editor=David G. Dunbar et al.

|title=Hermeneutics, Authority, and Canon

|title=Hermeneutics, Authority, and Canon

|editor=D.A. Carson and J.D. Woodbridge

|editor=D.A. Carson and J.D. Woodbridge

|year=1986 (Zondervan), 2005

|year=1986 (Zondervan), 2005

|location=Eugene, Oregon

|location=Eugene, Oregon

|chapter=Nine: The Biblical Canon

|chapter=Four: The Legitimacy and Limits of Harmomnization

|pages=141

|pages=141

|url=http://books.google.no/books?id=XHoFAQAACAAJ&dq=Carson+Hermeneutics,+Authority+and+Canon&hl=en&sa=X&ei=kuGLUJb3AouL4gSF0IGoDg&redir_esc=y

|url=http://books.google.no/books?id=XHoFAQAACAAJ&dq=Carson+Hermeneutics,+Authority+and+Canon&hl=en&sa=X&ei=kuGLUJb3AouL4gSF0IGoDg&redir_esc=y