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
Kurt Aland (1915–1994): Architect of Modern New Testament Textual Criticism and the Documentary Priority of Early Alexandrian Witnesses
Kurt Aland unified New Testament textual criticism around early evidence, Alexandrian priority, and rigorous methods that still guide Greek editions and translation.
