The Latin New Testament : a guide to its early history, texts, and manuscripts / H.A.G. Houghton.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Houghton, H. A. G., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible. New Testament--Latin--History.

Bible.

Bible. New Testament--Latin--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Literature--History and criticism.

Literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (387 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2016.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This is a manual for scholars and students of the first translations of the New Testament into Latin. It provides a guide to standard resources on the subject, as well as a general introduction, a summary of current research, a catalogue of manuscripts and online images, and an extensive bibliography.

Contents:

Part I. History. 1. From the origins to the end of the third century

2. The fourth century and the beginning of the Vulgate

3. Competing texts: the fifth to the seventh centuries

4. The eighth and ninth centuries

5. The tenth century onwards: scholarship and history

Part II: Texts. 6. Editions and resources

7. Latin as a witness for the Greek New Testament

8. The text of the early Latin New Testament

Part III. Manuscripts. 9. Features of Latin New Testament manuscripts

10. Catalog of Latin New Testament manuscripts.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

CC BY-NC-ND

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on January 28, 2016).

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9780191062148

0191062146

9780191805905

0191805904

9780191062131

0191062138

OCLC:

1030819403

Publisher Number:

https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198744733.001.0001