The Early Textual Transmission of John

Stability and Fluidity in Its Second and Third Century Greek Manuscripts
Erscheinungsjahr 2018
ISBN: 978-90-04-36075-4
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 54, 268 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 499 g

Reihe: New Testament Tools, Studies and Documents

In The Early Textual Transmission of John Lonnie D. Bell utilizes a fresh approach for assessing the character of transmission reflected in the second and third century Greek manuscripts of the Gospel of John. The textual transmission of New Testament writings in the period prior to the fourth century has been characterized by a number of scholars as error-prone, free, fluid, wild, and chaotic. This study is an inquiry into the validity of this general characterization. Since John is the most attested New Testament book among the early papyri, is the best attested in the second century, and has the highest number of papyri that share overlapping text, it serves well as a case study into the level of fluidity and stability of the New Testament text in the earliest period of transmission.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bell, Lonnie

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Biblische Geschichte & Archäologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Bibelwissenschaften Neues Testament: Exegese, Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements
Abbreviations

1 Introduction
1 Introduction to the Study
2 Major Approaches to the Early Papyri
3 My Question and Approach
4 Rethinking Some “Free” Texts
5 Structure of the Study

2 Fragments without Full Overlap in P66 or P75
1 P52 (P.Ryl. III 457)
2 P90 (P.Oxy. L 3523)
3 P107 (P.Oxy. LXV 4446)
4 P108 (P.Oxy. LXV 4447)
5 P109 (P.Oxy. LXV 4448)
6 P121 (P.Oxy. LXXI 4805)
7 P5 (P.Oxy. II 208 & XV 1781)
8 P22 (P.Oxy. X 1228)
9 P28 (P.Oxy. XIII 1596)

3 Fragments with Full Overlap in P66 Only
1 P95 (P.Laur. inv. II/31)
2 P39 (P.Oxy. XV 1780)

4 Fragments with Full Overlap in P66 and P75
1 P106 (P.Oxy. LXV 4445)
2 P119 (P.Oxy. LXXI 4803)
3 0162 (P.Oxy. VI 847)

5 Results and Implications

Works Cited
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Lonnie D. Bell, Ph.D. (2015), University of Edinburgh, is Lead Preaching Pastor of Four Corners Church in Newnan, GA