Edward Freer Hills (1912–1981) was an American Presbyterian[1] scholar, perhaps the most prominent 20th-century advocate of the Byzantine text-type and Textus Receptus.
[2][3] Hills integrates his theological perspective alongside New Testament criticism.
"Hills studied with Cornelius Van Til at Westminster, who was a Nestle-Aland text supporter."
When Hills began to apply the implications of the presuppositional view of the Bible taught by Van Til, this led him to favor the Traditional Text.
[5] As to the relationship of the King James Bible to the Textus Receptus (Received Text), Hills wrote: "The translators that produced the King James Version relied mainly, it seems, on the later editions of Beza's Greek New Testament, especially his 4th edition (1588-9).