The its transmission, corruption, and restoration Metzger, Bruce M. (Bruce Manning) 1914-2007 creator text bibliography Criticism, interpretation, etc. History. enk Oxford Clarendon Press 1968 2nd ed. monographic eng

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xi, 284 p, 16 pages of plates : ill 23 cm 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. by Bruce M. Metzger. Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-260) and index. Criticism, Textual History History Criticism, Textual BS2325 .M46 11.32 FH 17200 6,12 0198261586 79385648 DLC 690908 20240422100618.0 ocm00020114 eng