Bengel's work on the New Testament is a valuable resource for modern students of the Scriptures. In 1734, he published a carefully prepared Greek text of the New Testament with an ""Apparatus criticus,"" which formed the point of departure for modern New Testament textual criticism. His famous canon was: ""The more difficult reading is to be preferred."" This critical work was followed by an exegetical one, Gnomon Novi Testamenti (Tubingen, 1742)...