The Freer biblical manuscripts : fresh studies of an American treasure trove / edited by Larry W. Hurtado.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hurtado, Larry W., 1943-2019.

Series:

Text-critical studies ; v. 6.

Text-critical studies ; v. 6

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible--Manuscripts.

Bible.

Manuscripts.

Freer Gallery of Art.

Bible--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

x, 308 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Atlanta, GA : Society of Biblical Literature, [2006]

Summary:

The six biblical manuscripts that reside in the Freer Gallery of Art in Washington DC are historically significant artifacts for tracing the early history of the transmission of the writings that make up the New Testament and the Septuagint. The manuscripts, all purchased in Egypt at the beginning of the twentieth century by Charles Freer, date to the third through fifth centuries and include codices of the four Gospels, Deuteronomy and Joshua, the Psalms, and the Pauline Epistles, as well as a Coptic codex of the Psalms and a papyrus codex of the Minor Prophets, which, until the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls, was the earliest Greek manuscript of the Minor Prophets known. The ten essays in this volume are a notable collection of fresh scholarship with long-term value for the study of what is a small but highly valuable treasure trove of biblical manuscripts. The contributors are Malcolm Choat, Kent D. Clarke, Kristin De Troyer, Timothy J. Finney, Dennis Haugh, Larry W. Hurtado, J. Bruce Prior, Jean-Francois Racine, James R. Royse, Ulrich Schmid, and Thomas A. Wayment.

Contents:

Paleography and Philanthropy: Charles Lang Freer and His Acquisition of the "Freer Biblical Manuscripts" / Kent D. Clarke 17

The Freer Twelve Minor Prophets Codex-A Case Study: The Old Greek Text of Jonah, Its Revisions, and Its Corrections / Kristin De Troyer 75

The Unidentified Text in the Freer Minor Prophets Codex / Malcolm Choat 87

The Text of Matthew in the Freer Gospels: A Quantitative and Qualitative Appraisal / Jean-Francois Racine 123

The Use and Nonuse of Nomina Sacra in the Freer Gospel of Matthew / J. Bruce Prior 147

Was Codex Washingtonianus a Copy or a New Text? / Dennis Haugh 167

The Corrections in the Freer Gospels Codex / James R. Royse 185

Reassessing the Palaeography and Codicology of the Freer Gospel Manuscript / Ulrich Schmid 227

The Scribal Characteristics of the Freer Pauline Codex / Thomas A. Wayment 251

Manuscript Markup / Timothy J. Finney 263.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-301) and index.

ISBN:

1589832086

9781589832084

OCLC:

69423242