The message of Acts in Codex Bezae. Volume II / Josep Rius-Camps and Jenny Read-Heimerdinger.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rius-Camps, Josep.

Contributor:

Read-Heimerdinger, Jenny.

Series:

Library of New Testament studies ; 302.

T & T Clark library of biblical studies.

Library of New Testament studies ; 302

T & T Clark library of biblical studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible. Acts--Criticism, Textual.

Bible.

Bible. Acts--Theology.

Codex Bezae.

Theology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (416 p.)

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : T & T Clark, 2006.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

A comparison of the message of Acts transmitted by Codez Bezae with that of the more familiar Alexandrian text, represented by Codex Vaticanus. For each section of Acts, there is a side by side translation of the Bezan and Alexandrian manuscripts, followed by a critical apparatus and, finally, a commentary that explores the differences in the message of the two texts. It is concluded that the Bezan text, with its interest in internal Jewish affairs and its focus on the struggles of the early disciples to free themselves from their traditional Jewish expectations and to achieve, despite their m

Contents:

Cover; Editorial Board; Title; Copyright; CONTENTS; Preface; Abbreviations; GENERAL INTRODUCTION; I. THE EMERGENCE OF THE HELLENISTS: 6.1-8.1 a; II. REMOVING THE OBSTACLES: 8.1b-11.26; III. THE PUBLIC MANIFESTATION OF THE ANTIOCH CHURCH TO JERUSALEM: 11.27-30; IV. THE RELEASE OF THE CHURCH FROM ISRAEL: 12.1-25; Bibliography

Notes:

"A comparison with the Alexandrian tradition".

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1-283-19551-8

9786613195517

0-567-25312-0

OCLC:

745866035