The textual history of the Greek New Testament : changing views in contemporary research / edited by Klaus Wachtel and Michael W. Holmes.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Wachtel, Klaus.

Holmes, Michael W. (Michael William), 1950-

Universität Münster. Institut für Neutestamentliche Textforschung.

Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft.

Series:

Text-critical studies ; v. 8.

Society of Biblical Literature text-critical studies ; no. 8

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible. New Testament--Criticism, Textual--Congresses.

Bible.

Bible. New Testament--Greek--Criticism, Textual--Congresses.

Bible. New Testament.

Criticism, Textual.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

viii, 226 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Atlanta : Society of Biblical Literature, [2011]

Summary:

Eight papers document an August 2008 colloquium held by the Institute for New Testament Textual Research and the Germany Bible Society. They cover editing the Gospel of John; original text and textual history; the need to discern distinctive editions of the New Testament in the manuscript tradition; conceptualizing scribal performances; theoretical and practical challenges of working with an open textual tradition; traditional canons of New Testament textual criticism; desiderata to support a thoroughly eclectic approach to textual criticism; and contamination, coherence, and coincidence in textual transmission. The proceedings are not indexed. The Society of Biblical Literature publishes the paperbound edition; Brill publishes the hardbound. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Contents:

Introduction / Klaus Wachtel and Michael Holmes

Is "living text" compatible with "initial text"? : editing the Gospel of John / D.C. Parker

Original text and textual history / Holger Strutwolf

The need to discern distinctive editions of the New Testament in the manuscript tradition / David Trobisch

Conceptualizing "scribal" performances : reader's notes / Ulrich Schmid

Working with an open textual tradition : challenges in theory and practice / Michael Holmes

Traditional "canons" of New Testament textual criticism : their value, validity, and viability-or lack thereof / Eldon Jay Epp

What should be in an apparatus criticus? : desiderata to support a thoroughgoing eclectic approach to textual criticism / J.K. Elliott

Contaminant, coherence, and coincidence in textual criticism / Gerd Mink

Conclusions / Klaus Wachtel.

Notes:

Papers presented at a colloquium held in August, 2008, in Münster, Germany, by the Institute for New Testament Textual Research and the German Bible Society.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9781589836242

1589836243

9781589836259

1589836251

OCLC:

757935832