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“In 1959 H. Chadwick published his well-known edition of The Sentences of Sextus, containing the 451 Greek sayings which were translated into Latin by Rufinus, together with a number of related sentences. Chadwick added the Latin translation which ‘functions as an early and fairly conservative witness to the original Greek text’ (p. 4). The present authors give a critical edition of Greek text only, with an English translation, in accordance with the purpose of the series. The reason for a new critical edition is the fact that since 1959, in respect of a quarter of the sayings, an important new witness discovered among the Coptic codices at Nag Hammadi has been available. This Coptic version led the editors to new readings and emendations in twenty-four cases. In a short introduction a survey is given of the textual tradition. In the critical apparatus the authors pay special attention to the newly discovered Coptic fragment. Greek text and English translation are on alternate pages. … The authors may be congratulated for making the Sentences more accessible and it is hoped that this edition will encourage further study.”
— J. C. M. van Winden, Vigiliae Christianae