The First Edition of the New Testament

by Trobisch, David

• ISBN13: 9780195112405
• ISBN10: 0195112407
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-12-14
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

This groundbreaking book argues that the New Testament is not the product of a centuries-long process of development. Its history, Trobisch finds, is the history of a book--an all Greek Christian bible--published as early as the second century C.E. and intended by its editors to be read as a whole. Trobisch claims that this bible achieved wide circulation and formed the basis of all surviving manuscripts of the New Testament.

Author Biography

David Trobisch is Throckmorton-Hayes Professor of New Testament Language and Literature at Bangor Theological Seminary in Maine.

Table of Contents

Abbreviations	vii
Introduction	3	(5)
Historical Sources	3	(3)
Thesis and Outline	6	(2)
Evidence for a Final Redaction	8	(37)
Terminology	8	(1)
What Does ``Final Redaction'' Mean?	9	(2)
The Notation of the Nomina Sacra	11	(8)
The Use of the Codex Form	19	(2)
Arrangement and Number of Writings in the Manuscripts	21	(17)
The Titles of the Writings	38	(5)
The Title of the Canonical Edition	43	(2)
The Editorial Concept	45	(33)
Three Perspectives: Reader, Macrostructure, Traditional Material	45	(1)
Implied Authorship	46	(13)
The Selection of Authors	59	(3)
The Title of the Edition	62	(7)
Nomina Sacra	66	(3)
Codex	69	(9)
A Note to the Readers of the Canonical Edition	78	(24)
Acts of the Apostles	80	(5)
2 Timothy	85	(1)
2 Peter	86	(10)
Gospel According to John	96	(6)
Outlook	102	(5)
Modern Editions	102	(3)
The Readership of the Canonical Edition	105	(2)
Notes	107	(46)
Bibliography	153	(20)
Index of Manuscripts and Ancient Sources	173