An Introduction to the Greek New Testament

Produced at Tyndale House, Cambridge

Dirk Jongkind

wheaton, illinois

An Introduction to the Greek New Testament, Produced at Tyndale House, Cambridge

Copyright © 2019 by Dirk Jongkind

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Trade paperback ISBN: 978-1-4335-6409-3

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PDF ISBN: 978-1-4335-6410-9

Mobipocket ISBN: 978-1-4335-6411-6

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Jongkind, Dirk, author.

Title: An introduction to the Greek New Testament, produced at Tyndale House, Cambridge / Dirk Jongkind.

Description: Wheaton, Illinois : Crossway, [2019] | Includes bibliographical references and index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2018034123 (print) | LCCN 2018040972 (ebook) | ISBN 9781433564109 (pdf) | ISBN 9781433564116 (mobi) | ISBN 9781433564123 (epub) | ISBN 9781433564093 | ISBN 9781433564093 (trade paperback) | ISBN 9781433564123 (ePub) | ISBN 9781433564109 (PDF) | ISBN 9781433564116 (Mobipocket)

Subjects: LCSH: Bible. New Testament. Greek. 1633. | Bible. New Testament. Greek. Tyndale House. 2017.

Classification: LCC BS1965 1633 (ebook) | LCC BS1938 .J66 2019 (print) | DDC 225.4/8—dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2018034123

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Contents

Analytical Outline

List of Illustrations

1 Your Greek New Testament and the Manuscripts

2 Practicalities

3 Manuscripts

4 How Decisions Are Made

5 Why Not the Textus Receptus?

6 Why Not the Byzantine Text?

7 Biblical Theology and the Transmission of the Text

8 Where to Go from Here?

Acknowledgments

Glossary

General Index

Scripture Index

Analytical Outline

1 Your Greek New Testament and the Manuscripts

Translations and Editions

How Precisely Do We Know the Text?

Why Do We Need an Edition of the Greek New Testament?

2 Practicalities

How to Use Your Greek New Testament

The Apparatus

Unusual Features

Order of the Books

Paragraphing

Spelling

3 Manuscripts

Christian Manuscripts

Manuscripts and Their Designations

The Manuscripts Cited in the THGNT

The Large Papyri

P45

P46

P47

P66

P72

P75

The Early Majuscules...