The text of the New Testament : its transmission, corruption, and restoration / by Bruce M. Metzger.
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TextPublication details: Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1968.Edition: 2nd edDescription: xi, 284 p, 16 pages of plates : ill 23 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0198261586
- BS2325 .M46
- 11.32
- FH 17200
- 6,12
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-260) and index.
1. The Making of Ancient Books: The materials of ancient books -- The forms of ancient books -- 'Helps for readers' in New Testament manuscripts -- Statistics of Greek manuscripts of the New Testament.
2. Important Witnesses to the Text of the the New Testament: Greek manuscripts of the New Testament -- Ancients versions of the New Testament -- Patristic quotations from the New Testament
3. The Pre-critical Period: The Origin and Dominance of the Textus Receptus: From Ximenes and Erasmus to the Elzevirs -- The collection of variant readings.
4. The Modern Critical Period: From Griesbach to the Present: The beginnings of scientific textual criticism of the New Testament -- The overthrow of the Textus Receptus.
6. Modern Methods of Textual Criticism: The classical method of textual criticism -- Reactions against classical textual criticism -- Statistical methods of textual criticism -- Local texts and ancient editions -- Eclecticism, or 'rational criticism' -- Methods of determining family relationships among manuscripts -- Conjectural emendation.
7. The Causes of Error in the Transmission of the Text of the New Testament: Unintentional changes -- Intentional changes.
8. The Practice of New Testament Textual Criticism: Basic criteria for the evaluation of variant readings -- The process of evaluating variant readings -- The textual analysis of selected passages. Appendix: Checklist of the Greek Papyri of the New Testament.
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