Radical eclecticism prioritizes internal evidence, but its rejection of manuscript pedigree exposes textual decisions to subjectivity.
Radical Eclecticism in New Testament Textual Criticism (G. D. Kilpatrick and J. K. Elliott)
THE DOCUMENTARY APPROACH in New Testament Textual Studies
The documentary approach restores the New Testament text by prioritizing early, reliable manuscript evidence while using internal evidence with restraint.
