The Gospel According to John in the Byzantine Tradition

Mullen, Roderic L [Editor]

ISBN 10: 1598563076 / ISBN 13: 9781598563078

Published by Hendrickson Academic, 2008

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Gospel According to John in the Byzantine Tradition
• Publisher: Hendrickson Academic
• Publication Date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1598563076
• ISBN 13: 9781598563078
• Binding: imitation_leather
• Condition: New
• Weight: 8 ounces

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Synopsis

Seeking to present a representative sample of witnesses in the Byzantine textual tradition from the fourth to the 14th centuries, this text-critical edition of the Gospel of John demonstrates the differences found within the most important Byzantine manuscripts. Dating to the 11th century, minuscule 35 is used as the base text, and comparisons to the Nestle-Aland edition are also listed. Primarily Greek text.

Produced by the German Bible Society.

Review

This is a text-critical edition of the gospel of John that reflects the recension of the gospel in the Byzantine tradition. Taking one particular MS as its 'base text' (miniscule 35) the edition then compares some seventy other witnesses. The differences between this text and that of Nestle-Aland are also noted. This is a painstaking work of scholarship coming out of the Centre for Editing Texts in Religion (now the Institute for Textual Scholarship and Electronic Editing) at the University of Birmingham. It is a highly specialised work, but for those interested in the history of the Byzantine textual tradition, or indeed the history of Byzantine Christianity more generally, obviously a very important one.--"Theological Book Review"