The Text of the New Testament in Contemporary Research: Essays on the Status Quaestionis

By Bart D. Ehrman & Michael W. Holmes Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publication Date: December 1995 Language: English ISBN-10: 0802848249 ISBN-13: 978-0802848246 Format: Paperback, 416pp Dimensions: 9.4 x 7.6 x 0.9 inches

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Compiled in honor of Bruce M. Metzger, the most highly respected American textual critic in the history of the discipline, this volume comprises twenty-two full-length essays on every major issue relating to New Testament textual criticism, each written by an internationally recognized scholar in the field.

The Text of the New Testament in Contemporary Research focuses on important advances made in textual criticism during the past fifty years due to manuscript discoveries and refinements of methodology. Each essay is designed to present an overview of the current state of knowledge with respect to a wide range of important topics: Greek manuscripts, the early versions, patristic citations, studies of scribal habits, approaches to manuscript classification, the use of computers for textual criticism, recent apparatuses and critical editions, methods for evaluating variant readings, and the use of textual data for early Christian social history.

Contents

I. THE GREEK WITNESSES OF THE NEW TESTAMENT.

1. Papyrus manuscripts of the New Testament, by Eldon J. Epp (3-21); 2. Majuscule manuscripts of the New Testament, by David C. Parker, (22-42); 3. Greek minuscule manuscripts of the New Testament, by Barbara Aland and Klaus Wachtel, (43-60); 4. Greek lectionaries of the New Testament, by Caroll D. Osburn, (61-74).

II. THE EARLY VERSIONS OF THE NEW TESTAMENT

5. Diatessaron of Tatian, by William L. Petersen, (77-96); 6. Syriac Versions of the New Testament, by Tjitze Baarda, (97-112); 7. Latin versions of the New Testament, by Jacobus H. Petzer, (113-130); 8. Coptic versions of the New Testament, by Frederik Wisse, (131-141); 9. Ethiopic version of the New Testament, by Rochus Zuurmond, (142-156); 10. Armenian Version of the New Testament, by Joseph M. Alexanian, (157-172); 11. Georgian Version of the New Testament, by J. Neville Birdsall, (173-188).

III. THE PATRISTIC WITNESSES OF THE NEW TESTAMENT

12. Use of the Greek Fathers for New Testament Textual Criticism, by Gordon D. Fee (191-207); 13. Use of the Latin Fathers for New Testament Textual Criticism, by J. Lionel North, ( 208-223);14. Use of the Syriac Fathers for New Testament Textual Criticism, by Sebastian P. Brock, ( 224-236).

IV. METHODS AND TOOLS FOR NEW TESTAMENT TEXTUAL CRITICISM.

15. Scribal tendencies in the transmission of the text of the New Testament, by James R. Royse, (239-252); 16. Analyzing and categorizing New Testament Greek manuscripts: Colwell revisited, by Thomas C. Geer, Jr., (253-267); 17. Use of computers in New Testament textual criticism, by Robert A. Kraft, (268-282); 18. Modern critical editions and apparatuses of the Greek New Testament, by Moisés Silva, (283-296); 19. Majority Text Theory: History, Methods, and Critique, by Daniel B. Wallace, (297-320); 20. Thoroughgoing eclecticism in New Testament textual criticism, by J. Keith Elliott, (321-335); 21. Reasoned eclecticism in New Testament textual criticism, by Michael W. Holmes, (336-360); 22. Text as window: New Testament manuscripts and the social history of early Christianity, by Bart D. Ehrman, (361-379).