The Text of the New Testament in Contemporary Research

by Ehrman, Bart D.; Holmes, Michael W.

• ISBN13: 9781579107277
• ISBN10: 1579107273
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-08-22
• Publisher: Wipf & Stock Pub

Summary

Compiled in honor of Bruce M. Metzger, the most highly respected American textual critic in history of the discipline, this volume comprises twenty-two full length essays on every major issue relating to New Testament textual criticism, each written by an internationally recognized scholar in the field.

Table of Contents

Editors and Contributors	p. ix
Preface	p. x
Acknowledgments	p. xii
Abbreviations	p. xiii
The Greek Witnesses of the New Testament	p. 1
The Papyrus Manuscripts of the New Testament	p. 3
The Majuscule Manuscripts of the New Testament	p. 22
The Greek Minuscule Manuscripts of the New Testament	p. 43
The Greek Lectionaries of the New Testament	p. 61
The Early Versions of the New Testament	p. 75
The Diatessaron of Tatian	p. 77
The Syriac Versions of the New Testament	p. 97
The Latin Version of the New Testament	p. 113
The Coptic Versions of the New Testament	p. 131
The Ethiopic Version of the New Testament	p. 142
The Armenian Version of the New Testament	p. 157
The Georgian Version of the New Testament	p. 173
The Patristic Witnesses of the New Testament	p. 189
The Use of the Greek Fathers for New Testament Textual Criticism	p. 191
The Use of the Latin Fathers for New Testament Textual Criticism	p. 208
The Use of the Syriac Fathers for New Testament Textual Criticism	p. 224
Methods and Tools for New Testament Textual Criticism	p. 237
Scribal Tendencies in the Transmission of the Text of the New Testament	p. 239
Analyzing and Categorizing New Testament Greek Manuscripts: Colwell Revisited	p. 253
The Use of Computers in New Testament Textual Criticism	p. 268
Modern Critical Editions and Apparatuses of the Greek New Testament	p. 283
The Majority Text Theory: History, Methods, and Critique	p. 297
Thoroughgoing Eclecticism in New Testament Textual Criticism	p. 321
Reasoned Eclecticism in New Testament Textual Criticism	p. 336
The Text as Window: New Testament Manuscripts and the Social History of Early Christianity	p. 361
Index of Biblical Manuscripts, Modern Editions, and Apparatuses	p. 380
Index of Scripture and Early Christian Literature	p. 384
Index of Ancient Names	p. 387
Index of Modern Names	p. 389
Index of Subjects	p. 396
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