Scribal habits in early Greek New Testament papyri / by James R. Royse.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Royse, James Ronald.

Series:

New Testament tools, studies and documents ; v. 36.

New Testament tools, studies, and documents, 0077-8842 ; v. 36

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible. New Testament--Manuscripts, Greek.

Bible.

Bible. New Testament--Criticism, Textual.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1085 p.)

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In textual criticism, the 'scribal habits' in a manuscript (tendencies to make various sorts of changes) must be known in order to evaluate its testimony. Colwell analyzed the scribal habits in P45, P66, and P75, by examining their singular readings. This book expands on Colwell's work by studying P45, P46, P47, P66, P72, and P75, the six most extensive early New Testament manuscripts. All the singular readings in these papyri are studied along with all the corrections. The results, which incorporate many revised readings of these papyri, make possible the more precise use of these papyri in textual criticism. Among the important discoveries is that the general tendency of these early scribes was to omit rather than to add.

Contents:

Preliminary Materials

Chapter One. The Study Of Scribal Habits

Chapter Two. Singular Readings

Chapter Three. Methodology

Chapter Four. The Scribe Of P45

Chapter Five. The Scribe Of P45

Chapter Six. The Scribe Of P47

Chapter Seven. The Scribe Of P66

Chapter Eight. The Scribe Of P72

Chapter Nine. The Scribe Of P75

Chapter Ten. The Shorter Reading?

Chapter Eleven. Concluding Remarks

Supplementary Notes

Appendix A. The Singular Readings Of The Papyri

Appendix B. The Corrections Of The Papyri

Appendix C. Orthographic Phenomena

Appendix D. Summary Of Results

Bibliography

Index Of New Testament Manuscripts

Index Of Citations From Ancient Authors

Index Of Ancient Authors

Index Of Modern Authors

Index Of Subjects

Readings Of P45

Readings Of P46

Readings Of P47

Readings Of P66

Readings Of P72

Readings Of P75

Biblical Citations.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [907]-947) and indexes.

ISBN:

1-281-93653-7

9786611936532

90-474-2366-6

OCLC:

317454379

Publisher Number:

10.1163/ej.9789004161818.i-1055 DOI