No Longer Written

The Use of Conjectural Emendation in the Restoration of the Text of the New Testament, the Epistle of James as a Case Study
Erscheinungsjahr 2013
ISBN: 978-90-04-23533-5
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 44, 205 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 244 mm, Gewicht: 476 g

Reihe: New Testament Tools, Studies and Documents

This is an important time for textual criticism of the New Testament. A fundamental re-evaluation is underway of both the purpose of the discipline and the nature of the manuscripts upon which it relies. The place of the controversial method of conjectural emendation is a debate that encompasses both of these issues. In this study, Ryan Wettlaufer explores the theory and practice of the method and then, using the Epistle of James as a case study, argues that conjectural emendation is an important tool that can be used to restore readings which were once found in the original text but now are No Longer Written.

Zielgruppe

New Testament textual critics, interpreters, and every serious reader of the Biblical text.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Wettlaufer, Ryan D

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Bibelwissenschaften

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part I Theory
1. Introduction
1.1. What Is Conjectural Emendation?
1.2. A Classical Pedigree
1.3. Reception in New Testament Studies
2. Rejection
2.1.Survival of the Fittest
Excursus CBGM and Manuscript Loss
2.2.The Grass Withers
2.3.The Late, Great Original Text
3. Method
3.1. When to Make a Conjecture
3.2. How To Make a Conjecture
3.3.How To Reject a Conjecture

Part II Practice
Excursus: Introduction to James as a Case Study
4. James 3:1
5. James 4:2
6. James 4:5
7. James 1:1 & 2:1

Bibliography

Über Autor(innen)

Wettlaufer, Ryan D
Ryan Donald Wettlaufer, Ph.D. (2011), University of St. Michael's College, has published numerous articles and reviews, and continues to research and teach the text of the New Testament.