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Author
Pub. Date
2005
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
viii, 242 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
When Biblical scholar Ehrman first began to study the texts of the Bible in their original languages, he was startled to discover the multitude of mistakes and intentional alterations that had been made by earlier translators. For almost 1500 years these manuscripts were hand copied by scribes who were influenced by the cultural, theological and political disputes of their day. Both mistakes and intentional changes abound in the surviving manuscripts,...
Author
Publisher
William. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
xviii, 198 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"A study of the manuscript history of the New Testament, encompassing its paratexts-titles, cross-references, prefaces, marginalia, and more"--
"An innovative study of the manuscript history of the New Testament, encompassing its paratexts-titles, cross-references, prefaces, marginalia, and more. How did the Bible come to be? In Words Are Not Enough, Garrick V. Allen argues that our exploration of New Testament origins must take account of more than...
Publisher
IVP Academic, an imprint of InterVarsity Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
xxviii, 372 pages : illustrations ; 23cm
Language
English
Description
"A renewed interest in textual criticism has created an unfortunate proliferation of myths, mistakes, and misinformation about this technical area of biblical studies. Elijah Hixson and Peter Gurry, along with a team of New Testament textual critics, offer up-to-date, accurate information on the history and current state of the New Testament text that will serve apologists and offer a self-corrective to evangelical excesses"--
Author
Pub. Date
2014
Physical Desc
xii, 378 pages ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
"Although traditionally accepted by the church down through the centuries, the longer ending of Mark's Gospel (16:9-20) has been relegated by modern scholarship to the status of a later appendage. The arguments for such a view are chiefly based upon the witness of the two earliest complete manuscripts of Mark, and upon matters of language and style. This work shows that these primary grounds of argumentation are inadequate. It is demonstrated that...
Pub. Date
2012
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
xiv, 483 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"The Early Text of the New Testament aims to examine and assess from our earliest extant sources the most primitive state of the New Testament text now known. What sort of changes did scribes make to the text? What is the quality of the text now at our disposal? What can we learn about the nature of textual transmission in the earliest centuries? In addition to analysing the textual and scribal culture of early Christianity, this volume explores the...
Author
Series
New Testament tools and studies volume 4
Pub. Date
1963
Physical Desc
x, 164 pages ; 25cm.
Language
English