Caspar Rene Gregory

Caspar Rene Gregory (November 6, 1846-April 9, 1917) was an American-born German theologian. Gregory specialized in New Testament textual criticism. He organized biblical manuscripts into a classification system (Die griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testaments, 1908) which is the system in use throughout the scholarly world today.[citation needed] He is also credited with being the first to notice the consistent medieval practice (called Gregory's Law or Gregory's Rule) of collating...See more

Caspar Rene Gregory (November 6, 1846-April 9, 1917) was an American-born German theologian. Gregory specialized in New Testament textual criticism. He organized biblical manuscripts into a classification system (Die griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testaments, 1908) which is the system in use throughout the scholarly world today.[citation needed] He is also credited with being the first to notice the consistent medieval practice (called Gregory's Law or Gregory's Rule) of collating parchment leaves so that grain side faced grain side and flesh side flesh side.[3] He was also interested in biblical canon. Gregory performed important service in the research of New Testament manuscripts and in textual criticism of the New Testament. It can even be said that the study of New Testament manuscripts was co-founded by Tischendorf and Gregory." See less