A Study of the Gospels in Codex Alexandrinus
A Study of the Gospels in Codex Alexandrinus

Author: W. Andrew Smith

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2014-09-18

Total Pages: 394

ISBN-13: 9004274855

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Codex Alexandrinus is one of the three earliest surviving entire Greek Bibles and is an important fifth-century witness to the Christian Scriptures, yet no major analysis of the codex has been performed in over a century. In A Study of the Gospels in Codex Alexandrinus W. Andrew Smith delivers a fresh and highly-detailed examination of the codex and its rich variety of features using codicology, palaeography, and statistical analysis. Among the highlights of this study, W. Andrew Smith’s work overturns the view that a single scribe was responsible for copying the canonical books of the New Testament and demonstrates that the orthographic patterns in the Gospels can no longer be used to argue for Egyptian provenance of the codex.

Textual Scholarship and the Making of the New Testament
Textual Scholarship and the Making of the New Testament

Author: David C. Parker

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2012-10-04

Total Pages: 195

ISBN-13: 0199657815

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The book is going through its biggest revolution since Gutenberg. Thanks to computer tools and electronic publication, the concept and realisation of critical editions are being rethought. David C. Parker looks at how new methodology changes what an edition is for and how we use it, using the example of the New Testament texts.

Studies on the Text of the New Testament and Early Christianity
Studies on the Text of the New Testament and Early Christianity

Author: Daniel Gurtner

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2015-09-29

Total Pages: 732

ISBN-13: 9004300023

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The collection of essays focuses on the twin areas of research undertaken by Prof. Michael W. Holmes. These are the sub-disciplines of textual criticism and the study of the Apostolic Fathers. The first part of the volume on textual criticism focuses on issues of method, the praxis of editing and collating texts, and discussions pertaining to individual variants. The second part of the volume assembles essays on the Apostolic Fathers. There is a particular focus on the person and writings of Polycarp, since this is the area of research where Prof. Holmes has worked most intensively.

Perspectives on New Testament Textual Criticism
Perspectives on New Testament Textual Criticism

Author: Eldon Jay Epp

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2005-06-01

Total Pages: 896

ISBN-13: 9047406958

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This collection of frequently cited articles and chapters published from 1962 to 2004 provides perspective on the history and development of New Testament textual criticism, with descriptions and critique of the major text-critical theories and methods. Specific manuscripts and text-types, such as the Codex Bezae and the D-text are discussed, as well as issues such as anti-Judaic tendencies, the ascension narratives, and the relationship of text and canon. Many of the essays from the last fifteen years emphasize the earliest period and papyrus manuscripts, particularly those found at Oxyrhynchus, and assess their socio-cultural and intellectual contexts, while articles from the last five years advocate or engage the more controversial aspects of current New Testament textual criticism, especially the issue of 'original text'.