The Message of Acts in Codex Bezae (vol 3).
The Message of Acts in Codex Bezae (vol 3).

Author: Josep Rius-Camps

Publisher: A&C Black

Published: 2007-09-13

Total Pages: 417

ISBN-13: 0567219518

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The third volume in the four-volume commentary on the Book of Acts, this work presents a fresh look at the text of Codex Bezae and compares its message with that of the more familiar Alexandrian text of which Codex Vaticanus is taken as a representative. It deals with Acts 13.1-18.23, the chapters that cover the first two stages of the mission to the Gentiles, with the intervening meeting in Jerusalem (14.28-15.41). For each section, there is a side by side translation of the Bezan and Vaticanus manuscripts, followed by a full critical apparatus which deals with more technical matters, and finally, a commentary which explores in detail the differences in the message of the two texts. Of particular interest in this part of Acts are the person of Paul and the unfolding of his character and theology. It is found that in the Bezan text Luke portrays him as a fallible disciple of Jesus who, despite his powerful enthusiasm, is hindered by his traditional Jewish understanding from fully carrying out the mission entrusted to him in these first stages. The conclusion is drawn that the portrait of an exemplary hero in the Alexandrian text is a later modification of the flawed picture.

A History of Codex Bezae’s Text in the Gospel of Mark
A History of Codex Bezae’s Text in the Gospel of Mark

Author: Peter E. Lorenz

Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG

Published: 2021-11-08

Total Pages: 1056

ISBN-13: 311074693X

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Using a combination of text-critical, church-historical, philological, and digital methods, the present study calls into question traditional assumptions about Codex Bezae’s distinctive Greek text of the gospels and Acts — that it represents an ancient native Greek tradition and source of the Latin version preserving a textual relic of the first century of Christianity — arguing that this text can be credibly dated to the end of the fourth century, immediately preceding production of the manuscript, and represents the diorthosis of a Greek text to a Latin model distinct from the Latin column found in the manuscript itself. So the better part of this remarkable text derives ultimately from other traditions and, hence, its true significance lies in what it can tell us about the historical circumstances under which the manuscript and its final text were produced at the turn of the fifth century.

Codex Bezae
Codex Bezae

Author: David C. Parker

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1992-01-09

Total Pages: 388

ISBN-13: 9780521400374

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Codex Bezae is one of the most important primary sources in New Testament scholarship. Together with Codex Alexandrinus and Codex Vaticanus it represents one of our most significant links back to the early Church and its origins. Since its rediscovery in the sixteenth century, the riddles posed by its general appearance and its textual characteristics have continued to fascinate scholars, and David Parker here offers a comprehensive study of Codex Bezae. This book aims to cast light on the story behind this most enigmatic of manuscripts. Data are presented here that makes possible a reconstruction of the stages of copying from which the manuscript descends. An appraisal of the earliest correctors of the Codex enables the author to extend his picture of its history to the medieval period.

Luke's Demonstration to Theophilus
Luke's Demonstration to Theophilus

Author: Jenny Read-Heimerdinger

Publisher: A&C Black

Published: 2013-04-25

Total Pages: 715

ISBN-13: 0567438880

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This volume is the first complete English translation of the Codex Bezae version of Luke and Acts.

A History of Codex Bezae’s Text in the Gospel of Mark
A History of Codex Bezae’s Text in the Gospel of Mark

Author: Peter E. Lorenz

Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG

Published: 2021-11-08

Total Pages: 1029

ISBN-13: 3110746867

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As the principal Greek witness of the so-called "Western" tradition of the gospels and Acts, Codex Bezae’s enigmatic text in parallel Greek and Latin columns presents a persistent problem of New Testament textual criticism. The present study challenges the traditional view that this text represents a vivid retelling of the canonical narratives cited by ancient writers from Justin Martyr to Marcion and translated early into Syriac and Latin.

The Book of Acts as Church History / Apostelgeschichte als Kirchengeschichte
The Book of Acts as Church History / Apostelgeschichte als Kirchengeschichte

Author: Tobias Nicklas

Publisher: Walter de Gruyter

Published: 2013-11-07

Total Pages: 464

ISBN-13: 3110906791

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The remarkably complex textual traditions of the Acts of the Apostles reflect the theological developments and socio-cultural framework of early Christianity. The present volume contains studies of textual witnesses, textual traditions and translations of the Acts. They do not only focus on the traditions which occur in the manuscripts, or on the theological tendencies of the major ancient versions and their reception in the Early Church, but also consider the relevance of mostly neglected witnesses such as amuletts and tablets, and the relationship between the ancient translators and Jewish exegetical traditions.