Scribal Habits in Early Greek New Testament Papyri

Erscheinungsjahr 2007
ISBN: 978-90-04-16181-8
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 36, 1058 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 1605 g

Reihe: New Testament Tools, Studies a

In textual criticism, the 'scribal habits' in a manuscript (tendencies to make various sorts of changes) must be known in order to evaluate
its testimony. Colwell analyzed the scribal habits in P45, P66, and P75, by examining their singular readings. This book expands on
Colwell's work by studying P45, P46, P47, P66, P72, and P75, the six most extensive early New Testament manuscripts. All the singular
readings in these papyri are studied along with all the corrections.
The results, which incorporate many revised readings of these papyri, make possible the more precise use of these papyri in textual
criticism. Among the important discoveries is that the general tendency of these early scribes was to omit rather than to add.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Royse, James R.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Bibelwissenschaften Neues Testament: Exegese, Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Bibelwissenschaften Bibelausgaben, Bibelkonkordanzen, Synopsen

Über Autor(innen)

James R. Royse, Ph.D (1969) in Philosophy, University of Chicago, Th.D. (1981) in Biblical Studies, Graduate Theological Union. He has published on early New Testament manuscripts and on the text of Philo, including The Spurious Texts of Philo of Alexandria (Brill, 1991).