Early Readers, Scholars and Editors of the New Testament
Papers from the Eighth Birmingham Colloquium on the Textual Criticism of the New Testament
Contributor(s)
Houghton, H. A. G. (editor)
Collection
European Research Council (ERC)Language
EnglishAbstract
The study of the New Testament text is far broader than the reconstruction
of its earliest attainable wording. As historical artefacts, manuscripts
preserve information about the context in which they were produced and
their use in subsequent generations, as well as pointing back towards an
earlier stage in the transmission process. References made by Christian
authors to the textual culture of the early Church, in addition to their
biblical quotations and more general scriptural allusions, transmit
information about the treatment of the documents as well as attitudes to
(and the form of) the canonical text at the time. The task of the modern
textual scholar is as much to map the continuity of the New Testament
tradition as to reach behind it for a primitive form which was unknown to
most later users.
Keywords
New Testament; Christianity; Augustine of Hippo; Coelius Sedulius; Gospel; Gospel of John; Gospel of Luke; Gospel of Mark; Gospel of Matthew; Origen; Textual criticismISBN
9781463204112OCN
1051780660Publisher
Gorgias Press; University of BirminghamPublisher website
https://www.gorgiaspress.com/Publication date and place
2014Grantor
Series
Texts and studies, 11Classification
Christianity