The early textual transmission of John : : stability and fluidity in its second and third century Greek manuscripts / / by Lonnie D. Bell.

• Superior document: New Testament tools, studies, and documents ; Volume 54
• VerfasserIn: Bell, Lonnie D.,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, Netherlands ;, Boston, [Massachusetts] : : Brill,, [2018]; ©2018
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Language: English
• Series: New Testament tools, studies and documents. Volume 54.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (277 pages).
• Other title: Front Matter --; Copyright Page /; Dedication /; Acknowledgments /; Abbreviations /; Introduction /; Fragments without Full Overlap in P66 or P75 /; Fragments with Full Overlap in P66 Only /; Fragments with Full Overlap in P66 and P75 /; Results and Implications /; Back Matter --; Works Cited /
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 9004361634
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: by Lonnie D. Bell.

In The Early Textual Transmission of John Lonnie D. Bell utilizes a fresh approach for assessing the character of transmission reflected in the second and third century Greek manuscripts of the Gospel of John. The textual transmission of New Testament writings in the period prior to the fourth century has been characterized by a number of scholars as error-prone, free, fluid, wild, and chaotic. This study is an inquiry into the validity of this general characterization. Since John is the most attested New Testament book among the early papyri, is the best attested in the second century, and has the highest number of papyri that share overlapping text, it serves well as a case study into the level of fluidity and stability of the New Testament text in the earliest period of transmission.