Kurt Aland (1979, 43) favors a type of textual criticism that he calls the local-genealogical method. He defines it as follows:
NEW TESTAMENT TEXTUAL STUDIES: The Aland’s Local-Genealogical Method
Barbara Aland (1937–2024): Architect of the Modern Greek New Testament and Defender of Documentary Method
Barbara Aland shaped modern New Testament textual criticism by anchoring the Greek text in early manuscripts and principled documentary method.
