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Book SynopsisThe Text of the New Testament in Contemporary Research: Essays on the Status Quaestionis provides a thoroughly up-to-date assessment of every major aspect of New Testament textual criticism. The twenty-four essays in the volume, all written by internationally acknowledged experts in the field, cover every major aspect of the discipline, discussing the advances that have been made since the mid twentieth century. With full and informative bibliographies, these contributions will be essential reading for anyone interested in moving beyond the standard handbooks in order to see where the discipline now stands, a vade mecum for all students and text-critical scholars for a generation to come.
Trade ReviewFor students interested in NT textual criticism, there is no better volume for understanding the modern state of the study of this discipline.' Nijay K. Gupta, George Fox Evangelical Seminary, Religious Studies Review • VOLUME 41 • NUMBER 3 • SEPTEMBER 2015 'I have enjoyed dipping into it so far and congratulate the editors and the other contributors on this achievement. If you want to know the state of the question on any of the following topics then this is the place to look.' Peter Head, http://evangelicaltextualcriticism.blogspot.nl/2012/12/the-text-of-new-testament-in.html This book is one of the most important books on textual criticism that has been published in years. ... The esteemed editors, Michael W. Holmes and Bart D. Ehrman, are to be congratulated once again for putting together a fine volume, in a fine series, published by a leading publisher in the field. Indeed, this book deserves a spot on the shelf of every New Testament scholar. Brice C. Jones, http://thequaternion.blogspot.ca/2013/03/book-review-text-of-new-testament-in.html
Table of Contents1. The Papyrus Manuscripts of the New Testament Eldon Jay Epp 2. The Majuscule Manuscripts of the New Testament David C. Parker 3. The Greek Minuscules of the New Testament Barbara Aland and Klaus Wachtel 4. The Greek Lectionaries of the New Testament Carroll Osburn 5. The Diatessaron of Tatian Ulrich B. Schmid 6. The Syriac Versions of the New Testament Peter J. Williams 7. The Latin Version of the New Testament Philip Burton 8. The Coptic Versions of the New Testament Christian Askeland 9. The Ethiopic Version of the New Testament Rochus Zuurmond revised by Curt Niccum 10. The Armenian Version of the New Testament S. Peter Cowe 11. The Georgian Version of the New Testament Jeff W. Childers 12. The Gothic Version of the New Testament Carla Falluomini 13. The Use of the Greek Fathers for New Testament Textual Criticism Gordon D. Fee and Roderic L. Mullen 14. The Use of the Latin Fathers for New Testament Textual Criticism H.A.G. Houghton 15. The Use of the Syriac Fathers for New Testament Textual Criticism Sebastian Brock 16. Additional Greek Witnesses to the New Testament (Ostraca, Amulets, Inscriptions and other sources) Peter M. Head 17. Scribal Tendencies in the Transmission of the Text of the New Testament James R. Royse 18. The Social History of Early Christian Scribes Kim Haines-Eitzen 19. Analyzing and Categorizing New Testament Greek Manuscripts Thomas C. Geer, Jr. revised by Jean-François Racine 20. Textual Clusters: Their Past and Future in New Testament Textual Criticism Eldon Jay Epp 21. Criteria For Evaluating Readings in New Testament Textual Criticism Tommy Wasserman 22. Conjectural Emendation and the Text of the New Testament Jan Krans 23. From “Original Text” to “Initial Text”: the Traditional Goal of New Testament Textual Criticism in Contemporary Discussion Michael W. Holmes 24. Modern Critical Editions and Apparatuses of the Greek New Testament Juan Hernández Jr. 25. The Majority Text Theory: History, Methods, and Critique Daniel B. Wallace 26. Thoroughgoing Eclecticism in New Testament Textual Criticism J. Keith Elliott 27. Reasoned Eclecticism in New Testament Textual Criticism Michael W. Holmes 28. The Text as Window: New Testament Manuscripts and the Social History of Early Christianity Bart D. Ehrman
