Loading…

Encountering the Manuscripts: An Introduction to New Testament Paleography & Textual Criticism is unavailable, but you can change that!

Paleography is the dating and study of ancient writings and inscription. Textual criticism is the study of manuscripts to determine the trustworthiness of the text with respect to establishing authenticity. Philip Comfort combines these two fields in an excellent introduction, giving readers a window into the transmission of the Bible in the earliest centuries of the church. In Encountering the...

the early fourth century—and, at that, it was included with the Greek Old Testament in one codex (as in Codex Vaticanus and Codex Sinaiticus). In the discussion that follows, I focus primarily on the first two phases of publication. In this regard, I would not follow the pattern put forth by David Trobisch in The First Edition of the New Testament, who focuses his energies on what he calls a “Canonical Edition” of the New Testament (with all 27 books). He is careful not to date this edition, but
Page 12