An Introduction to New Testament Textual Criticism

Leon Vaganay; Christian-Bernard Amphoux

ISBN 10: 0521364337 / ISBN 13: 9780521364331

Published by Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1991

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2nd revised ed. (1991). 227pp. NEAR FINE/NEAR FINE copy, now preserved in archival jacket protector.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: An Introduction to New Testament Textual Criticism
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press, Cambridge
• Publication Date: 1991
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521364337
• ISBN 13: 9780521364331
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 2nd Edition
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
• Seller catalogs:
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Synopsis

A general survey of the study of New Testament manuscripts that outlines for students of the New Testament the basic tools and skills involved in studying those manuscripts. The present edition is a thoroughly revised and updated version of the late Léon Vaganay's Initiation a la critique du Nouveau Testament, published in 1933, and each section of that original work has been brought up to date in light of the latest research in the field. Providing as it does a wide overview, rather than a step-by-step introduction, the book looks at its subject thematically, and its four sections cover, respectively, the nature and character of the documents themselves; the methods of studying them; the history of the texts before they were printed; and their history subsequent to their printing. Prominent throughout is a concern to relate the subject to an enquiry into the earliest history of the New Testament (prior to 200 AD), which provides an interesting personal perspective on an issue of some debate, yet without neglecting to examine conflicting opinions and views.

Book Description

Comprising a general survey of the study of New Testament manuscripts, the present edition is a thoroughly revised and updated version of Leon Vaganay's Initiation a la critique du Nouveau Testament, published in 1933.