Encountering the Manuscripts An Introduction to New Testament Paleography and Textual Criticism

by Comfort, Phillip

• ISBN13: 9780805431452
• ISBN10: 0805431454
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-11-15
• Publisher: B&H Academic

Summary

"[Encountering the Manuscripts] focuses on the most significant New Testament manuscripts from the perspective of paleography and textual criticism. Paleography pertains to the dating of the manuscripts, as well as to the calligraphic features of the manuscripts themselves. Each manuscript has a story to tell; each manuscript gives us a window into the transmission of the New Testament text in the earliest centuries. Textual criticism pertains to the critical evaluation of the trustworthiness of the text of each manuscript with respect to recovering the original wording of the Greek New Testament. This volume merges the two areas of study by looking at both paleography and textual criticism as we encounter the New Testament manuscripts."

Author Biography

Phillip Comfort has examined, many times over, every single word of every early New Testament manuscript. His previous works include The Test of the Earliest New Testament Manuscripts, Early Manuscripts and Modern Translations of the New Testament, and New Testament Text and Translation Commentary.

Table of Contents

Abbreviations	vi
Preface	vii
The Manuscript Publications of the Greek New Testament	1	(54)
Significant Manuscripts and Printed Editions	55	(48)
The Earliest New Testament Manuscripts	103	(96)
The Nomina Sacra in New Testament Manuscripts	199	(56)
Historical Overview of Textual Variation in the Greek New Testament	255	(34)
Theories and Methods of New Testament Textual Criticism	289	(32)
The Praxis of New Testament Textual Criticism	321	(34)
Notes	355	(24)
Glossary	379	(16)
Bibliography	395	(12)
Index of Photographs	407	(2)
Index of New Testament Papyri	409	(2)
Index of Uncials	411	(2)
Index of Christian Old Testament Manuscripts	413	(2)
Index of Scripture References	415