Textual Variation: Theological and Social Tendencies? : : Papers from the Fifth Birmingham Colloquium on the Textual Criticism of the New Testament / / ed. by David C. Parker.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Gorgias Press Backlist eBook-Package 2001-2013
• MitwirkendeR: Burton, P. H.,; Elliott, W. J.,; Goode, Richard,; Head, Peter M.,; Jongkind, Dirk,; Kloha, Jeffrey,; Konstantinidou, Maria,; Parker, D. C.,; Schmid, Ulrich,; Wachtel, Klaus,; Wasserman, Tommy,
• HerausgeberIn: Parker, David C.,
• Place / Publishing House: Piscataway, NJ : : Gorgias Press, , [2008]; ©2008
• Year of Publication: 2008
• Language: English
• Series: Texts and Studies
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (209 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; TABLE OF CONTENTS --; List of Contributors --; Introduction --; List of Abbreviations --; 1. Scribes and Variants – Sociology and Typology --; 2. Kings or God? Towards an Anthropology of Text --; 3. Singular Readings in Sinaiticus: The Possible, the Impossible, and the Nature of Copying --; 4. Scribal Behaviour and Theological Tendencies in Singular Readings in P.Bodmer II (P66) --; 5. Theological Creativity and Scribal Solutions in Jude --; 6. The Ethics of Sexuality and Textual Alterations in the Pauline Epistles --; 7. Towards a Redefinition of External Criteria: The Role of Coherence in Assessing the Origin of Variants --; 8. A Brief Study of Variations on Proper Names in Lectionaries --; 9. Opting for a Biblical Text Type: Scribal Interference in John Chrysostom’s Homilies on the Letter to Titus --; 10. On Revisiting the Christian Latin Sondersprache Hypothesis --; 11. Scribal Tendencies and the Mechanics of Book Production --; Index of Manuscripts --; Index of Biblical Passages --; Index of Subjects
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781463215231; 9783111024141; 9783110663037
• DOI: 10.31826/9781463215231
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: ed. by David C. Parker.

Did scribes intentionally change the text of the New Testament? This book argues they did not and disputes the claims that variant readings are theologically motivated. Using evidence gathered from some of the earliest surviving biblical manuscripts these essays reconstruct the copying habits of scribes and explore the contexts in which they worked. Alongside these are studies of selected early Christian writings, which illustrate attitudes to and examples of textual change.