Textual Scholarship and the Making of the New Testament

The book is going through its biggest revolution since Gutenberg. Thanks to computer tools and electronic publication, the concept and realisation of critical editions are being rethought. David C. Parker looks at how new methodology changes what an edition is for and how we use it, using the exampl...

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Main Author: Parker, David C. (Author)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Published: Oxford Oxford University Press, Incorporated 2012
In:Year: 2012
Reviews:[Rezension von: Parker, David C., 1953-, Textual scholarship and the making of the New Testament] (2014) (North, J. L.)
IxTheo Classification:HC New Testament
Further subjects:B Bible. -- N.T. -- Criticism, interpretation, etc
B Christianity -- Origin
B Bible. -- N.T. -- Authorship
B Electronic books
Online Access: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
Parallel Edition:Erscheint auch als: 9780199657810
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Summary:The book is going through its biggest revolution since Gutenberg. Thanks to computer tools and electronic publication, the concept and realisation of critical editions are being rethought. David C. Parker looks at how new methodology changes what an edition is for and how we use it, using the example of the New Testament texts.
Cover -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Introduction -- First Lecture: 'The General Procedures' -- Documents, texts, work -- The manuscript tradition -- Textual and manuscript studies -- Texts in early Christianity -- The critical text -- The authorial fallacy -- Documents, texts, works -- Conclusion -- Second Lecture: What is a New Testament Manuscript? -- The papyri -- Parchment majuscule manuscripts, amulets, ostraca, and inscriptions -- The minuscules -- Commentary manuscripts -- Liturgical books and lectionary manuscripts -- Paratext: the Euthalian Apparatus -- Paratext: chapter titles -- Non-textual elements -- Conclusions -- Third Lecture: Understanding How Manuscripts are Related -- Physical evidence -- Theodoros Hagiopetrites -- Ephraim -- Codex Sinaiticus and Codex Vaticanus -- Artwork -- Textual analysis -- The history of manuscript comparison -- The Münster Method -- Singular readings -- Assessment on the basis of all readings -- Evaluation -- Postscript -- Fourth Lecture: Editing the Greek New Testament -- The components of a critical edition -- How the previous critical editions became outdated -- Greek manuscripts -- Patristic citations -- Versions -- The value of the Editio critica maior -- Fifth Lecture: The New Testament of the Future -- Our tools -- Mass digitization -- Codex Sinaiticus -- New Testament Transcripts -- What the New Testament of the future may be like -- Conclusions -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index of Manuscripts -- A -- C -- D -- G -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W -- Index of Names and Subjects -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Z.
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ISBN:019163199X