TY  - BOOK
AU  - Metzger,Bruce M.
TI  - The text of the New Testament: its transmission, corruption, and restoration 
SN  - 0198261586
AV  - BS2325 .M46
PY  - 1968///
CY  - Oxford
PB  - Clarendon Press
KW  - Bible
KW  - New Testament
KW  - Criticism, Textual
KW  - History
KW  - fast
KW  - nli
KW  - Criticism, interpretation, etc
N1  - 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
ER  -