The Text of the New Testament in Contemporary Research: Essays on the Status Quaestionis

by Bart D. Ehrman (editor), Michael W. Holmes (editor)

This is a print on demand book and is therefore non- returnable.

Compiled in honor of Bruce M. Metzger, the most highly respected American textual critic in the history of the discipline, this volume comprises twenty-two full- length essays on every major issue relating to New Testament textual criticism, each written by an internationally recognized scholar in the field.

Volume 46 in the Studies and Documents series, founded by Kirsopp and Silva Lake and edited by Eldon Jay Epp, The Text of the New Testament in Contemporary Research focuses on important advances made in textual criticism during the past fifty years due to manuscript discoveries and refinements of methodology. Each essay is designed to present an overview of the current state of knowledge with respect to a wide range of important Greek manuscripts, the early versions, patristic citations, studies of scribal habits, approaches to manuscript classification, the use of computers for textual criticism, recent apparatuses and critical editions, methods for evaluating variant readings, and the use of textual data for early Christian social history.

Genres: Christianity, Reference, Scripture, Christian, History, Biblical Studies, New Testament

416 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1995

About the author

Bart Denton Ehrman is an American New Testament scholar focusing on textual criticism of the New Testament, the historical Jesus, and the origins and development of early Christianity. He has written and edited 30 books, including three college textbooks. He has also authored six New York Times bestsellers. He is the James A. Gray Distinguished Professor of Religious Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Reviews

[C.]

Articles Read:
"The Use of the Greek Fathers for New Testament Textual Criticism," Gordon D. Fee
"Scribal Tendencies in the Transmission of the Text of the New Testament," James R. Royse
"Analyzing and Categorizing New Testament Greek Manuscripts: Colwell Revisited," Thomas C. Geer, Jr.
"The Majority Text Theory: History, Methods, and Critique," Daniel B. Wallace
"Thorouchoing Eclecticism in New Testament Textual Criticism," J. Keith Elliott
"Reasoned Eclecticism in New Testament Textual Criticism," Michael W. Holmes

[Jon]

This is a large (more than 800pp) collection of essays on textual criticism related to New Testament texts, fairly up-to-date in the second version. It’s also probably one of the best essay collections I have read. As long as you’re already familiar with the introductory matters (i.e., you’ve read the intro text by Metzger and Ehrmann or the one by the Alands), this will bring you up to speed with the major issues. I read through this essay by essay, but will be obvious that its real value is as a reference.