From Manuscript to Modern Edition
j. harold greenlee
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The book is a revision and expansion of Scribes, Scrolls, and Scripture (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1985).
Biblical quotations are taken from the Holy Bible, New International Version® (NIV) unless otherwise noted. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 International Bible Society. Used by permission of Zondervan. All rights reserved.
Biblical quotations marked NLT are taken from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation. Copyright © 1996, 2004. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Wheaton, Illinois 60189. All rights reserved.
Biblical quotations marked NKJV are taken from the New King James Version. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
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The Codex Purpureus Rossanensis, a 6th century manuscript on purple parchment, is one of the oldest surviving illuminated manuscripts of the New Testament. It contains the Gospel of Matthew and almost the entire Gospel of Mark. 30 × 25 cm. Inscriptions and 40 verses are from Psalms and Prophets. Folio 45: the Gospel of Matthew. The writing is silver with extra large, square letters called “biblical capital.” Origin perhaps Aleppo, Syria.
Location: Biblioteca Arcivescovile, Rossano, Italy
Photo Credit: Erich Lessing / Art Resource, N.Y.
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1. What Ancient Books Looked Like
2. How Ancient Manuscripts Were Written
3. The Ancient Records of the Greek New Testament
4. The New Testament through the Centuries
5. The New Testament Meets the Printing Press
6. More Manuscripts, and What They Revealed
7. Determining the Correct Reading
8. Looking at Some New Testament Variants
9. The New Testament Text and Modern Translations
10. What Shall We Say to These Things?
Today, as in the past, the average Christian who loves and reads the New Testament is sadly uninformed about the background and history of this most important book. He or she tends to think of it as an English book. He or she also tends to think of it as speaking a special form of English; many Christians still feel a bit uneasy about a Bible that does not sound a ...
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About The Text of the New Testament: From Manuscript to Modern EditionThe Text of the New Testament is a brief introduction for the layperson to the New Testament’s origins. It describes the basics of ancient writing tools, manuscripts, the work of scribes, and how to think about differences in what the various manuscripts say. Geared to the layperson uninformed or confused about textual criticism, Greenlee’s book explains the production of ancient manuscripts and traces the New Testament’s textual development. Readers are introduced to the basic principles of textual criticism, the concept of variant readings, and how to determine which variant has the greatest likelihood of being the original reading. To illustrate the basic principles, several sample New Testament texts are examined. The book concludes by putting textual criticism in perspective as involving only a minute portion of the entire New Testament text—the bulk of which is indisputably attested by the manuscripts. |
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