Beyond What Is Written: Erasmus and Beza as Conjectural Critics of the New Testament

Krans, Jan

ISBN 10: 9004152865 / ISBN 13: 9789004152861

Published by Brill Academic Publishing, 2006

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2006 hardcover published without jacket/slight wear on the cover/clean & unmarked. 384 p.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Beyond What Is Written: Erasmus and Beza as Conjectural Critics of the New Testament
• Publisher: Brill Academic Publishing
• Publication Date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9004152865
• ISBN 13: 9789004152861
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket

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Synopsis

Beyond What is Written examines Erasmus' and Beza's multiple editions of the New Testament and the vast body of annotations which accompany these editions.

This study provides a new understanding of the many conjectures on the New Testament text proposed by these two renowned scholars as part of their New Testament projects.
As a consequence, it not only elucidates their different approaches to New Testament textual criticism, but also clarifies the nature and role of conjectural emendation in sixteenth-century scholarship. As a piece of historical research, this investigation into conjectures in the work of Erasmus and Beza also contributes to the ongoing debate on the nature and task of textual criticism today.

The study is an important publication for textual critics and exegetes of the New Testament, as well as for historians of the Renaissance and the Reformation.

About the Author

Jan L.H. Krans, Ph.D. (2004) in Theology, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, is Lecturer of New Testament at the Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam. He is currently working on a comprehensive overview and evaluation of important conjectures on the Greek New Testament.