Perspectives on New Testament textual criticism : collected essays, 1962-2004 / / by Eldon Jay Epp.

• Superior document: Supplements to Novum Testamentum, v. 116
• Author: Epp, Eldon Jay.
• Year of Publication: 2005
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Supplements to Novum Testamentum ; v. 116.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (896 pages)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

This collection of frequently cited articles and chapters published from 1962 to 2004 provides perspective on the history and development of New Testament textual criticism, with descriptions and critique of the major text-critical theories and methods. Specific manuscripts and text-types, such as the Codex Bezae and the D-text are discussed, as well as issues such as anti-Judaic tendencies, the ascension narratives, and the relationship of text and canon. Many of the essays from the last fifteen years emphasize the earliest period and papyrus manuscripts, particularly those found at Oxyrhynchus, and assess their socio-cultural and intellectual contexts, while articles from the last five years advocate or engage the more controversial aspects of current New Testament textual criticism, especially the issue of 'original text'.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material -- The “Ignorance Motif” in Acts and Anti-Judaic Tendencies in Codex Bezae -- Coptic Manuscript G67 and the Rôle of Codex Bezae as a Western Witness in Acts -- The Claremont Profile Method for Grouping New Testament Minuscule Manuscripts -- The Twentieth Century Interlude in New Testament Textual Criticism -- Toward the Clarification of the Term “Textual Variant”1 -- The Eclectic Method in New Testament Textual Criticism: Solution or Symptom?1 -- New Testament Textual Criticism in America: Requiem for a Discipline -- A Continuing Interlude in New Testament Textual Criticism?1 -- The Ascension in the Textual Tradition of Luke—Acts -- Decision Points in Past, Present, and Future New Testament Textual Criticism1 -- New Testament Textual Criticism Past, Present, and Future: Reflections on the Alands’ Text of the New Testament -- The New Testament Papyrus Manuscripts in Historical Perspective1 -- The Significance of the Papyri for Determining the Nature of the New Testament Text in the Second Century: A Dynamic View of Textual Transmission1 -- New Testament Papyrus Manuscripts and Letter Carrying in Greco-Roman Times1 -- The Papyrus Manuscripts of the New Testament -- The International Greek New Testament Project: Motivation and History -- Textual Criticism in the Exegesis of the New Testament -- The New Testament Papyri at Oxyrhynchus in their Social and Intellectual Context -- The Codex and Literacy in Early Christianity and at Oxyrhynchus: Issues Raised by Harry Y. Gamble’s Books and Readers in the Early Church -- The Multivalence of the Term “Original Text” in New Testament Textual Criticism1 -- Issues in the Interrelation of New Testament Textual Criticism and Canon -- Issues in New Testament Textual Criticism: Moving from the Nineteenth Century to the Twenty-First Century1 -- Anti-Judaic Tendencies in the D-Text of Acts: Forty Years of Conversation -- Presidential Address -- The Oxyrhynchus New Testament Papyri: “Not Without Honor Except in their Hometown”? -- Bibliography and Text-Critical Responsibilities of the Author, 1962–2004 -- Index of Authors (Ancient and Modern) -- Index of Passages -- Index of Greek and Latin Words -- Index of New Testament Manuscripts, Versions, Editions, and Modern Translations -- Index of Subjects.