Endnote 2 – Keep Each Tradition Separate

New Testament text critics have established eclectic texts out of necessity, beginning in the 18th century, since there is nothing comparable to the MT for the New Testament. Up to that time, Erasmus’s Greek text of the New Testament was used by most students, including Luther when he translated the New into German in 1519. Text critics in many other fields also have to establish eclectic texts.