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The Revision Revised by John William Burgon is a critical examination of the Revised Version of the Bible, a major English translation published in 1881 as an update to the King James Version (KJV). Burgon, a fervent defender of the traditional text of the Bible, specifically criticizes the methods and decisions of the revisers, focusing on their alterations to the New Testament. His book is one of the most prominent and detailed critiques of the Revised Version, particularly in relation to its underlying Greek text.Burgon’s main argument is that the revisers, led by scholars such as Brooke Foss Westcott and Fenton John Anthony Hort, relied too heavily on a small group of ancient manuscripts, particularly Codex Vaticanus and Codex Sinaiticus, to the detriment of the Majority Text, which underlies the King James Version. He accuses the revisers of introducing unwarranted changes based on what he considers unreliable sources, leading to what he sees as a corrupted version of the New Testament.