this statement, still published in Bible Dictionary...

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Originally Posted by MikeWaters

And it is the New Testament, not the Old Testament, translations that are controversial, and more important in terms of doctrine.

I'm not certain the observation about textual criticisms of the First Testament are without merit, we simply are more removed from the original texts, and the autographs are likely rewrites of oral traditions. The Hebrew Bible is subject to the same sort of scrutiny. Because the Greek Second Testament contains the newer covenant, we tend to focus upon the textual criticism of its verses, because the exercise became more heated and we are closer to the original autographs.