▁a ▁phrase . ▁ ▁Ehr man ▁explains : ▁scri be ▁' A ' ▁will ▁introduce ▁mistakes ▁which ▁are ▁not ▁in ▁the ▁manuscript ▁of ▁scri be ▁' B '. ▁Cop ies ▁of ▁text ▁' A ' ▁with ▁the ▁mistake ▁will ▁subsequently ▁contain ▁that ▁same ▁mistake . ▁The ▁multiple ▁gener ations ▁of ▁texts ▁that ▁follow , ▁containing ▁the ▁error , ▁are ▁referred ▁to ▁as ▁a ▁" family " ▁of ▁texts . ▁Over ▁time ▁the ▁texts ▁desc ended ▁from ▁' A ' ▁that ▁share ▁the ▁error , ▁and ▁those ▁from ▁' B ' ▁that ▁do ▁not ▁share ▁it , ▁will ▁diver ge ▁further , ▁but ▁later ▁texts ▁will ▁still ▁be ▁ ▁ident ifiable ▁as ▁desc ended ▁from ▁one ▁or ▁the ▁other ▁because ▁of ▁the ▁presence ▁or ▁absence ▁of ▁that ▁original ▁mistake . ▁Text ual ▁criticism ▁studies ▁the ▁differences ▁between ▁these ▁families ▁to ▁piece ▁together ▁what ▁the ▁original ▁looked ▁like . ▁Sort ing ▁out ▁the ▁wealth ▁of ▁source ▁material ▁is ▁complex , ▁so ▁text ual ▁families ▁were ▁sorted ▁into ▁categories ▁tied ▁to ▁ge ographical ▁areas . ▁The ▁divisions ▁of ▁the ▁New ▁Testament ▁text ual ▁families ▁were ▁Alexand rian ▁( also ▁called ▁the ▁" Ne ut ral ▁text "), ▁Western ▁( Lat in ▁transl ations ), ▁and ▁Eastern ▁( used ▁by ▁Ant io ch ▁and ▁Constantin ople ). ▁▁ ▁For er unn ers ▁of ▁modern ▁text ual ▁criticism ▁can ▁be ▁found ▁in ▁both ▁early ▁Rab bin ic ▁J uda ism ▁and ▁the ▁early ▁church . ▁R abb is ▁addressed ▁variants ▁in ▁the ▁Heb rew ▁texts ▁as ▁early ▁as