Ancient texts, papyri, and manuscripts : : studies in honor of James R. Royse / / edited by Alan Taylor Farnes, Scott D. Mackie, David Runia.

• Superior document: New Testament Tools, Studies and Documents ; 64
• TeilnehmendeR: Mackie, Scott D., 1964-; Runia, David T.,; Farnes, Alan Taylor, 1985-
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, Netherlands ;, Boston, Massachusetts : : Brill,, [2022]; ©2022
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Series: New Testament Tools, Studies and Documents ; 64.; Biblical Studies, Ancient Near East and Early Christianity E-Books Online, Collection 2023.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (454 pages)
• Notes: Includes index.
• Other title: Preliminary Material /; Copyright Page /; Notes on Contributors /; Introduction /; James Royse: Scholar and Connoisseur of Manuscripts, Texts and Libraries /; The Publications of James R. Royse 1976–2020 /; Chapter 1 In Defense of the Urtext /; Chapter 2 The Synoptic Problem and Lectio Brevior Potior : Does Brevity Suggest an Earlier Reading? /; Chapter 3 Evidence, Evaluation, and Edition: The Evaluation and Presentation of the Secondary Traditions and Approaches to CriticalEditing – The Example of Acts 1:2 /; Chapter 4 Codex Sinaiticus’s Fourth-Century Corrections and the Andreas “Text Type” /; Chapter 5 Scribal Habits Applied: Six Examples from the Tyndale House Greek New Testament /; Chapter 6 The Various Scribal Habits Behind Substitutions /; Chapter 7 A New Light on Old Variants: Notes on the New Testament Text of Codex Ephraemi Syri Rescriptus /; Chapter 8 The Verso of MS 0188 (Berlin P. 13416) and the Text of Mark 11:17–25 /; Chapter 9 New Traces of an Old Text: The Corrections of Gregory-Aland 424 in the Book of Acts /; Chapter 10 The Scribes of Philo of Alexandria’s Oxyrhynchus Codex /; Chapter 11 Of Dreams and Editions: Emendations, Conjectures, and Marginal Glosses in David Hoeschel’s Copy of De somniis 2 /; Chapter 12 Enduring Divine Discipline in Philo, De congressu 157–180 and the Epistle to the Hebrews 12:5–17 /; Chapter 13 The Late-Byzantine Philonic Treatise De mundo : Analysis of its Method and Contents /; Chapter 14 The Student Sharpens the Master’s Face: The Text of QE 2.62 Reconsidered /; Chapter 15 Philon als Jurist /; Chapter 16 In Fragments: The Authenticity of the Hypothetica /; Chapter 17 The Conflation of Israel’s Past, Present, and Future in Philo /; Indexes /
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 9004465731
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: edited by Alan Taylor Farnes, Scott D. Mackie, David Runia.

This volume honors Prof. James R. Royse for his scholarly achievement in the fields of New Testament textual criticism and Philonic studies. It contains seventeen articles, prefaced by an introductory biographical article and a list of his publications. This volume honors Prof. James R. Royse on the occasion of his seventy-fifth birthday and celebrates his scholarly achievement in the fields of New Testament textual criticism and Philonic studies. An introductory section contains a biographical notice on the honoratus and a complete list of his scholarly publications. Part one contains nine articles on New Testament textual criticism, focusing on methodological issues, difficult passages and various textual witnesses. Part two presents eight studies on the thought, writings, textual record, and reception of Philo of Alexandria. This wide-ranging collection of articles will introduce the reader to new findings in the scholarly fields to which Prof. Royse continues to make such an outstanding contribution.