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A NEW APPROACH TO TEXTUAL CRITICISM

An Introduction to the Coherence-Based Genealogical Method

Tommy Wasserman and Peter J. Gurry

Atlanta

Stuttgart

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Wasserman, Tommy, author; Gurry, Peter J., author.

Title: A new approach to textual criticism : an introduction to the coherence-based genealogical method by Tommy Wasserman and Peter J. Gurry.

Description: Atlanta, USA : SBL Press ; Stuttgart, Germany : Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, 2017. | Series: Resources for Biblical study ; number 80 | Includes bibliographical references.

Identifiers: LCCN 2017039597 (print) | LCCN 2017041465 (ebook) | ISBN 9780884142669 (ebook) | ISBN 9781628371994 (paperback) | ISBN 9780884142676 (hardcover)

Subjects: Bible—Criticism, Textual. | Bible. New Testament—Hermeneutics.

Classification: LCC BS476 (ebook) | LCC BS476 .W366 2017 (print) | DDC

225.4/86—dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2017039597

ISBNs for Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft

Hardcover: 978-3-438-05174-5

Paperback: 978-3-438-05172-1

RESOURCES FOR BIBLICAL STUDY

Series Editor

Tom Thatcher, New Testament

Volume Editor

Michael W. Holmes

Number 80

Gerd Mink

For his major contribution

to textual criticism

Contents

Acknowledgments

List of Figures and Tables

Abbreviations

1. Introduction

1.1. The Changing Landscape

1.2. The CBGM in Brief

1.3. How the CBGM Is Changing Textual Criticism

1.4. Why This Book

1.5. Preview

1.6. Key Terms

2. Overview of the Method

2.1. History of the Method

2.2. The Main Problems the CBGM Addresses

2.3. Two Types of Coherence

2.4. Three Types of Stemmata

2.5. Conclusion

2.6. Key Terms

3. Pregenealogical Coherence

3.1. The Basic Concept

3.2. How to Use Pregenealogical Coherence

4. Genealogical Coherence

4.1. The Basic Concept

4.2. How to Use Genealogical Coherence

5.1. The Basic Concept

5.2. How the Global Stemma Is Constructed

5.3. Example: The Origin of the Byzantine Text

5.4. Limitations

5.5. Conclusion

5.6. Key Terms

6. Limitations and Future Improvements

6.1. Limitations

6.2. Suggested Improvements

6.3. Conclusion

6.4. Key Terms

About A New Approach to Textual Criticism: An Introduction to the Coherence-Based Genealogical Method

With the publication of the widely used twenty-eighth edition of Nestle-Aland’s Novum Testamentum Graece and the fifth edition of the United Bible Society’s Greek New Testament, a computer-assisted method known as the Coherence-Based Genealogical Method (CBGM) was used for the first time to determine the most valuable witnesses and establish the initial text. This book offers the first full-length, student-friendly introduction to this important new method. After setting out the method’s history, separate chapters clarify its key concepts such as genealogical coherence, textual flow diagrams, and the global stemma. Examples from across the New Testament are used to show how the method works in practice. The result is an essential introduction that will be of interest to students, translators, commentators, and anyone else who studies the Greek New Testament.

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