The Orthodox Corruption of Scripture
The Orthodox Corruption of Scripture

Author: Bart D. Ehrman

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 1996-02-29

Total Pages: 353

ISBN-13: 0199746281

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Victors not only write history: they also reproduce the texts. Bart Ehrman explores the close relationship between the social history of early Christianity and the textual tradition of the emerging New Testament, examining how early struggles between Christian "heresy" and "orthodoxy" affected the transmission of the documents over which many of the debates were waged. He makes a crucial contribution to our understanding of the social and intellectual history of early Christianity and raises intriguing questions about the relationship of readers to their texts, especially in an age when scribes could transform the documents they reproduced. This edition includes a new afterword surveying research in biblical interpretation over the past twenty years.

The Phenomenon of the New Testament
The Phenomenon of the New Testament

Author: Charles Francis Digby Moule

Publisher:

Published: 1967

Total Pages: 144

ISBN-13:

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Here is a New Testament scholar of international reputation recording his conviction of the historical reasonableness of Christian claims. His book inevitably contains absorbing discussion of biblical problems. Throughout, however, it is excitingly plain that he is drawing things to a head. The work will enliven the understanding of the Christian reader; he can confidently introduce it to the uncertain; and all will enjoy the sparkle of its fastidious clarity' (Church Times). 'It is addressed to those who have written off Christianity and also to Christians who would like to reconsider the claims made for the authenticity of Christianity. n exposes the fragility of various popular objections to the Christian view, and then presents certain indisputable facts which any honest person must take account of ... This is an interesting contribution to the modern process of rethinking how our Christian faith at the present day can possibly be related to the New Testament. We do not yet know the answer and probably shall not know it for a long time to come. It is correspondingly important for Christians to be keeping more or less abreast of the discussion, and to be keeping their minds open. We ought to resist premature shouts of triumph and gasps of relief, but also (as Professor Moule reminds us) premature groans of despair. Even while we are engaged in our own readjustment, we have sufficient resources for approaching the world if we use them intelligently. That is why this book should be read' (Kenneth Grayston in Methodist Recorder).

An Introduction to New Testament Textual Criticism
An Introduction to New Testament Textual Criticism

Author: Léon Vaganay

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1991-11-14

Total Pages: 256

ISBN-13: 9780521424936

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This book comprises a general survey of the study of New Testament manuscripts, and outlines for students of the New Testament the basic tools and skills involved in studying those manuscripts. The present edition is a thoroughly revised and updated version of Leon Vaganay's Initiation á la critique du Nouveau Testament, published in 1933, and each section of that original work has been brought up to date in light of the latest research in the field. In its aim to provide a solid foundation to study of New Testament textual criticism, this comprehensive survey will be of great value to those who are looking for basic information about the subject; while the documentary information it contains about the extant manuscripts, and its original theoretical sections, will ensure that the book has much of value to offer the more advanced student of the New Testament.