The Early Text of the New Testament [Paperback]

The Early Text of the New Testamentaims 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 exploring the textual and scribal culture of early Christianity, this volume explores the textual evidence for all the sections of the New Testament. It also examines the evidence from the earliest translations of New Testament writings and the citations or allusions to New Testament texts in other early Christian writers.


Introduction: In Search of the Earliest Text of the New Testament,Charles E. Hill and Michael J. Kruger
I. The Textual and Scribal Culture of Early Christianity
1. The Book Trade in the Roman Empire,Harry Y. Gamble
2. Indicators of Catholicity in Early Gospel Manuscripts,Scott Charlesworth
3. Towards a Sociology of Reading in Early Christianity,Larry Hurtado
4. Early Christian Attitudes towards the Reproduction of Texts,Michael J. Kruger
II. The Manuscript Tradition
5. The Early Text of Matthew,Tommy Wasserman
6. The Early Text of Mark,Peter Head
7. The Early Text of Luke,Juan Hernandez
8. The Early Text of John,Juan Chapa
9. The Early Text of Acts,Christopher Tuckett
10. The Early Text of Paul (and Hebrews),James R. Royse
11. The Early Text of the Catholic Epistles,J. K. Elliott
12. The Early Text of Revelation,Tobias Nicklas
13. Where Two or Three Are Gathered Together: Evaluating Agreements between Two or More Early Versions,Peter Williams
III. Early Citation/Use of New Testament Writings
14. In These Very Words: Methods and Standards of LitlÓÎ