A study of the Gospels in Codex Alexandrinus : codicology, palaeography, and scribal hands / W. Andrew Smith.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Smith, W. Andrew, author.

Series:

New Testament tools, studies and documents ; Volume 48.

New Testament Tools, Studies and Documents, 0077-8842 ; Volume 48

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible. Gospels--Criticism, Textual.

Bible.

Bible. Gospels--Greek--Versions--Codex Alexandrinus (Biblical manuscript).

Codex Alexandrinus (Biblical manuscript).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (394 p.)

Place of Publication:

Leiden, Netherlands : Brill, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Codex Alexandrinus is one of the three earliest surviving entire Greek Bibles and is an important fifth-century witness to the Christian Scriptures, yet no major analysis of the codex has been performed in over a century. In A Study of the Gospels in Codex Alexandrinus W. Andrew Smith delivers a fresh and highly-detailed examination of the codex and its rich variety of features using codicology, palaeography, and statistical analysis. Among the highlights of this study, W. Andrew Smith’s work overturns the view that a single scribe was responsible for copying the canonical books of the New Testament and demonstrates that the orthographic patterns in the Gospels can no longer be used to argue for Egyptian provenance of the codex.

Contents:

Preliminary Material

Introduction

1 Codex History

2 Codicology

3 Palaeography and Paratextual Features of the Gospels

4 Scribes

Conclusion

Appendix A. Tables of Concordance

Appendix B. Orthographic Data

Appendix C. Statistical Analysis

Appendix D. Eusebian Apparatus Data

Appendix E. Unit Delimitation Data

Works Cited

Index: Name and Subject

Manuscript Index

Index of Biblical References.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

90-04-27485-5

OCLC:

893333652

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004274853 DOI