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Author:   Chris Stevens
Publisher:   Brill
Imprint:   Brill
Volume:   14
Weight:   0.824kg
ISBN:  

9789004428225

ISBN 10:   9004428224
Pages:   460
Publication Date:   18 June 2020
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgements List of Figures, Tables and Charts Abbreviations Introduction 1 New Testament Textual Criticism: History and Highlights  1 History of Textual Criticism  2 Textual Criticism during the Early Church  3 Textual Criticism after the Printing Press  4 Conclusion  Excursus: Original Text Form and the Goal of Textual Criticism 2 Contemporary Textual Criticism Methods for New Testament Studies  1 Majority Text  2 Single Text Theory  3 Byzantine Text Form  4 Eclecticism: Reasoned and Thoroughgoing  5 Stemmatics  6 Coherence-Based Genealogical Method  7 Conclusion of History and Methods 3 Method for Direct Evaluation of Textual Uniformity  1 Comparative Methods  2 Definition of a Unit of Variation  3 New Method of Textual Comparison  4 Procedure for the Comparison of Manuscripts: Counting and Numerical Majority 4 Summarized Results of the Textual Examination  1 Romans Summary  2 1 Corinthians Summary  3 2 Corinthians Summary  4 Galatians Summary  5 Ephesians Summary  6 Philippians Summary  7 Colossians Summary  8 1 Thessalonians Summary  9 2 Thessalonians Summary  10 1 Timothy Summary  11 2 Timothy Summary  12 Titus Summary  13 Philemon Summary  14 Conclusion 5 Textual Features Explored and Weighed  1 Surprising Scribal Skill  2 Spelling  3 Scribal Choices and Inconsistencies  4 Brevior Lectio vs. Verbose Additions  5 General Patterns  6 Summary of Highlighted Features  7 Sensible Results out of Nonsense  8 Weighted Conclusion  9 Conclusion 6 Application to Contemporary Research  1 Text Types and Textual Assessment  2 Textual Uniformity  3 Textual Agreement Rates of Other Ancient Texts  4 Textual Agreement Rates in Other Projects  5 P46 and Textual Agreement  6 Summary  7 The Aland’s Figures of Textual Agreement  8 Conclusion 7 Narrative Textual Criticism: Textual Variation Used for Sociohistorical Narratives  1 Background and Development of Narrative Textual Criticism  2 Benefits and Weaknesses of NTC  3 NTC Approach Popularized by Bart Ehrman  4 Ehrman versus the Evidence  5 Summary  6 Conclusion 8 Source and History of the Pauline Corpus  1 Before AD 200  2 Historical Consistency Rather Than Diversity Followed by Recension  3 When Does the Pauline Corpus Originate? Theories of Publication  4 Conclusion Conclusion Appendix 1: Textual Analysis of the Pauline Corpus  1 Pauline Corpus: Thirteen Letters  2 Romans: Commentary and Results  3 1 Corinthians: Textual Commentary and Results  4 2 Corinthians: Textual Commentary and Results  5 Galatians: Commentary and Results  6 Ephesians: Commentary and Results  7 Philippians: Commentary and Results  8 Colossians: Commentary and Results  9 1 Thessalonians: Commentary and Results  10 2 Thessalonians: Commentary and Results  11 1 Timothy: Commentary and Results  12 2 Timothy: Commentary and Results  13 Titus: Commentary and Results  14 Philemon: Commentary and Results  15 Statistical Conclusions of the Textual Comparison Appendix 2: Examination of Textual Differences for Christological Tendencies  1 Orthodox Base Position  2 Method of Christological Evaluation  3 Textual Differences Possibly Impacting Christology  4 Citations and Comments by Ehrman  5 Conclusion of Christology Data  6 Key Findings  7 Conclusion Bibliography Modern Author Index Subject Index

Reviews

“The book makes a novel contribution to the discussion by providing a new vantage point from which to compare texts and a new approach for delineating variants.” – Garrick V. Allen, University of Glasgow, in: Journal for the Study of the New Testament Booklist 2022 44.5, August 2022.

Author Information

Chris S. Stevens, Ph.D. (2019) McMaster Divinity College, is a pastor and independent researcher. He has published on Greek linguistics, ancient manuscripts, and Paul.

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