Lucian of Antioch - Biblical Text

Biblical Text

Lucian is also commonly credited with a critical recension of the text of the Septuagint and the Greek New Testament, which was later used by Chrysostom and the later Greek fathers, and which lies at the basis of the textus receptus; however, the theory of Lucian Recension has not been proven, nor has any historical or archeological evidence been uncovered.

Jerome mentions that copies were known in his day as "exemplaria Lucianea" but in other places he speaks rather disparagingly of the texts of Lucian. In the absence of definite information it is impossible to decide the merits of his critical labors.

He believed in the literal sense of the biblical text and thus laid stress on the need of textual accuracy. He undertook to revise the Septuagint based on the original Hebrew and the resulting manuscript was popular in Syria and Asia Minor.