New Testament texts on Greek amulets from late antiquity / Brice C. Jones.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jones, Brice C., author.

Series:

Library of New Testament studies ; 554.

T & T Clark library of biblical studies

Library of New Testament studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible. New Testament--Criticism, Textual.

Bible.

Bible. New Testament--Sources.

Bible. New Testament.

Amulets, Greek.

History--Sources.

Criticism, Textual.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

xvi, 223 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

London, UK ; New York, NY, USA : Bloomsbury T&T Clark, 2016.

Summary:

The Library of New Testament .Studies (LNTS) is a premier book series that offers cutting-edge work for a readership of scholars, teachers in the field of New Testament studies, postgraduate students and advanced under-graduates. All the many and diverse aspects of New Testament study are represented and promoted, including innovative work from historical perspectives, studies using social-scientific and literary theory, and developing theological, cultural and contextual approaches. New Testament Texts on Greek Amulets from Late Antiquity, Brice C. Jones presents a comprehensive analysis of Greek amulets from late antique Egypt which contain New Testament citations. He evaluates the words they contain in terms of their text-critical value. The use of New Testament texts on amulets was common in late antiquity. These citations were extracted from their larger Biblical contexts and used for ritual purposes that have traditionally been understood in terms of the ambiguous category of 'magic'. Often, these citations were used to invoke the divine for some favour, healing or protection. For various reasons, however, these citations have not played a significant role in the study of the text of the Greek New Testament. As such, this is the first systematic treatment of Greek New Testament citations on amulets from late antique Egypt Jones' work has real implications for how amulets and other such witnesses from this era should be treated in the future of the discipline of New Testament textual criticism. Book jacket.

Contents:

Chapter 1 Introduction and survey of scholarship 1

1.1 The Problem 1

1.2 Classifying Greek New Testament Manuscripts: The Liste 7

1.3 Survey of Research on Non-Continuous Text Manuscripts 13

1.3.1 Stuart R. Pickering 13

1.3.2 Stanley E. Porter 15

1.3.3 Peter M. Head 18

1.4 Limitations and Outline of the Study 20

1.4.1 Limitations 20

1.4.2 Outline 22

1.5 Conclusion 23

Chapter 2 Terminology and Criteria 25

2.1 Defining Non-Continuous 25

2.2 Criteria for Identifying Non-Continuous Artifacts 26

2.2.1 Criterion #1: Textual Continuity between Recto and Verso 26

2.2.2 Criterion #2: The Use of Amulets 27

2.2.3 Criterion #3: Presence of the Word ερμηνεεια 34

2.2.4 Criterion #4: Context of Citation 37

2.2.5 Criterion #5: Specific Content of New Testament Citation 38

2.3 Conclusion 41

Chapter 3 Method of Textual Analysis 43

3.1 Introduction 43

3.2 A Prolegomenon: The Analogy of Patristic Citations 43

3.3 Method of Textual Analysis Adopted in the Study 52

3.4 Conclusion 55

Chapter 4 Amulets and their Texts 57

4.1 Editorial Procedure 57

4.1.1 Transcriptions, Headings, and Images 57

4.1.2 Paratextual Features and Historical Function 58

4.1.3 Palaeography 58

4.2 Amulets and Their Texts 60

P.Oxy. 8.1077 60

BKT 6.7.1 65

P.Turner 49 71

PSI 6.719 77

P.Princ. 2.107 80

P.Iand. 1.6 87

P.Duke inv. 778 94

P.Col. 11.293 100

P.CtYBR inv. 4600 104

BGU 3.954 107

P.Schøyen 1.16 112

P.Ant. 2.54 117

P.Köln 8.336 122

P.Köln 4.171 124

P.Oxy. 64.4406 127

P.Oxy, 76.5073 130

P.Oxy. 8.1151 134

P.Köln 8.340 140

P.Vindob. G 29831 147

P.Berl. inv. 11710 151

P.Vindob. G 2312 161

P.Vindob. G 26034 + 30453 167

P.Berl. inv. 13977 171

P.Oxy. 34.2684 175

Chapter 5 Conclusions and Results 181

5.1 Introduction 181

5.2 Patterns and Results of Textual Evaluation 181

5.2.1 Patterns 181

5.2.2 Results of Textual Evaluation 185

5.3 Cataloguing the Evidence 188

5.4 Suggestions for Further Research 193.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Jones, Brice C., author. New Testament texts on Greek amulets from late antiquity

ISBN:

9780567666277

0567666271

OCLC:

929585233