AICNT

This landmark critical edition of the New Testament, translated directly from Greek into English by AI, offers unparalleled transparency for English readers, providing access to the text of the New Testament and documenting differences between the earliest manuscripts and later text types.  The preface of this essential reference work provides an introduction to textual criticism and the methodology for translation.

The base text of the AI Critical New Testament (AICNT) is the reading attested by the earliest manuscripts, as affirmed by critical scholarship (NA28, SBLGNT, and THGNT). The base text is supplemented (in brackets and footnote annotations) with the texts of other early manuscripts and later text types, including the Byzantine majority text type and the 1873 Textus Receptus. For showing textual differences as clearly as possible, the critical apparatus utilizes braces { } to indicate instances where there are differences in wording, double brackets [[ ]] to indicate the additions of later manuscripts, and single brackets [ ] to indicate words that are absent from some early manuscripts that are not likely original.

The augmentation of the primitive text with variant readings, each further described in a footnote, gives the reader optimal transparency into textual variations. These textual variants can sometimes represent substantial shifts in meaning, nuance, and interpretation when translated into English.  The extensive footnotes include notation for indicating which manuscript or text type differs from the base text. This enables the reader to appraise to what extent a reading is attested by (a) the earliest Greek manuscripts, (b) the later traditional text types, and (c) critical editions. Over 7,000 textual variants are carefully annotated using brackets and footnotes. For example, 15% of the text of the Gospel of Luke exhibits textual variation documented within this volume. Most of these variations occur within the first 450 years of copying and transmission of the text.

The text of the AICNT, including textual variants, is fully translated with AI using a methodology that ensures an accurate and neutral rendering of the New Testament. Rather than coloring the text with interpretative bias and suggestive editorial elements, the AICNT was developed to achieve a neutral English reading of the Greek text in the most unfiltered and impartial manner feasible.

The AI Critical New Testament establishes a new standard in the unbiased translation of Scripture and transparency regarding textual changes that have occurred over the centuries. The AICNT is a rich resource that surpasses any existing English reference work, offering extensive documentation of the many changes and additions to the text of the New Testament.

 See the AICNT Preface for more details.