recension

re·cen·sion

a revising of a text on the basis of a critical examination of sources
a revised text so produced

Origin of recension

Classical Latin recensio from recensere, to revise from re-, again + censere, to value: see censure

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recension

noun

A critical revision of a text incorporating the most plausible elements found in varying sources.
A text so revised.

Origin of recension

Latin recēnsiō recēnsiōn- a reviewing from recēnsēre to review re- re- cēnsēre to estimate ; see kens- in Indo-European roots.

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Noun

(plural recensions)

A critical revision of a text
A text established by critical revision

Origin

From Latin recÄ“nsiÅ (“review"), from recÄ“nseÅ (“review"), from re- + cÄ“nseÅ (“give an opinion").

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916 to the Eastern Recension of the Hebrew Text" (1899, for private circulation).
The present (priestly) recension of Gen.
There is also an early Arabic recension, but its relation to the Hebrew and to the Arabic 2 Maccabees is still obscure.
5, where Lucian's recension and the Septuagint respectively add the Samaritans!), in view of the circumstances of Gedaliah's appointment (Jer.
But the later recension of Judaean history - our sole source - entirely ignores the elevation of Jehoiachin (2 Kings xxv.

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