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[[File:P46.jpg|thumb|right|300px|A folio from [[Papyrus 46]], one of the oldest extant New Testament manuscripts]]
'''Textual criticism of the New Testament''' is the [[textual criticism|analysis of the manuscripts]] of the [[New Testament]], whose goals include identification of transcription errors, analysis of versions, and attempts to reconstruct the original text. Its main focus is studying the [[textual variants in the New Testament]].
The New Testament has been preserved in more than 5,800 [[Greek language|Greek]] manuscripts, 10,000 [[Latin]] manuscripts and 9,300 manuscripts in various other ancient languages including [[Syriac language|Syriac]], [[Slavic languages|Slavic]], [[Ethiopic]] and [[Armenian language|Armenian]].
== Purpose ==
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