The orthodox corruption of Scripture : the effect of early Christological controversies on the text of the New Testament / Bart D. Ehrman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ehrman, Bart D.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible. New Testament--Criticism, Textual.

Bible.

Bible. New Testament.

Christian heresies--History--Early church, ca. 30-600.

Christian heresies.

History.

Jesus Christ--History of doctrines--Early church, ca. 30-600.

Jesus Christ.

Criticism, Textual.

Physical Description:

xiii, 401 pages ; 24 cm

Edition:

Updated and with a new afterword.

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, [2011]

Summary:

Victors not only write history: they also reproduce the texts. Bart Ehrman explores the close relationship between the social history of early Christianity and the textual tradition of the emerging New Testament, examining how early struggles between Christian "heresy" and "orthodoxy" affected the transmission of the documents over which many of the debates were waged. He makes a crucial contribution to our understanding of the social and intellectual history of early Christianity and raises intriguing questions about the relationship of readers to their texts, especially in an age when scribes could transform the documents they reproduced. This edition includes a new afterword surveying research in biblical interpretation over the past twenty years. Book jacket.

Contents:

The text of Scripture in an age of dissent : early Christian struggles for orthodoxy

Anti-adoptionistic corruptions of Scripture

Anti-separationist corruptions of Scripture

Anti-docetic corruptions of Scripture

Anti-patripassianist corruptions of Scripture

The orthodox corruptors of Scripture.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9780199739783

0199739781

OCLC:

656158771