Scribal habits in early Greek New Testament papyri / / by James R. Royse.

• Superior document: New Testament tools, studies, and documents, v. 36
• Author: Royse, James Ronald.
• Year of Publication: 2008
• Language: English
• Series: New Testament tools, studies and documents ; v. 36.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (1085 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

In textual criticism, the 'scribal habits' in a manuscript (tendencies to make various sorts of changes) must be known in order to evaluate its testimony. Colwell analyzed the scribal habits in P45, P66, and P75, by examining their singular readings. This book expands on Colwell's work by studying P45, P46, P47, P66, P72, and P75, the six most extensive early New Testament manuscripts. All the singular readings in these papyri are studied along with all the corrections. The results, which incorporate many revised readings of these papyri, make possible the more precise use of these papyri in textual criticism. Among the important discoveries is that the general tendency of these early scribes was to omit rather than to add.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Materials -- Chapter One. The Study Of Scribal Habits -- Chapter Two. Singular Readings -- Chapter Three. Methodology -- Chapter Four. The Scribe Of P45 -- Chapter Five. The Scribe Of P45 -- Chapter Six. The Scribe Of P47 -- Chapter Seven. The Scribe Of P66 -- Chapter Eight. The Scribe Of P72 -- Chapter Nine. The Scribe Of P75 -- Chapter Ten. The Shorter Reading? -- Chapter Eleven. Concluding Remarks -- Supplementary Notes -- Appendix A. The Singular Readings Of The Papyri -- Appendix B. The Corrections Of The Papyri -- Appendix C. Orthographic Phenomena -- Appendix D. Summary Of Results -- Bibliography -- Index Of New Testament Manuscripts -- Index Of Citations From Ancient Authors -- Index Of Ancient Authors -- Index Of Modern Authors -- Index Of Subjects -- Readings Of P45 -- Readings Of P46 -- Readings Of P47 -- Readings Of P66 -- Readings Of P72 -- Readings Of P75 -- Biblical Citations.