[B-Greek] N.T. Textual Criticism

James Ernest jdemail at charter.net
Mon Dec 1 12:28:40 EST 2003


Right. Various intros are available at various levels. Another option,
briefer and more elementary than Greenlee:

David Alan Black. New Testament Textual Criticism: A Concise Guide.
Grand Rapids: Baker Books, 1994. ISBN 0-8010-1074-8. 79pp.

This book aims at a wide readership and presupposes no academic training
in biblical studies. The author's preface refers the reader to Metzger
for more detail.

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Baker Academic
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jernest at bakerbooks.com
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: b-greek-bounces at lists.ibiblio.org 
> [mailto:b-greek-bounces at lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of 
> Jeffrey B. Gibson
> Sent: Monday, December 01, 2003 9:37 AM
> To: Seth VM
> Cc: b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org
> Subject: Re: [B-Greek] N.T. Textual Criticism
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Seth VM wrote:
> 
> > I was wondering if I could receive your
> > advice on how to begin my search into textual criticism for the 
> > purpose of correctly translating scripture.
> >
> 
> If you've had no training in this discipline at all, then I 
> suggest you find a copy of J. Harold Greenlee's _Introduction 
> to New Testament Textual Criticism_ (Hendrickson).  You might 
> also want to look at Jack Finnegan's _Encountering New 
> Testament Manuscripts_.  After that you'll want to tackle 
> B.M. Metzger's _The Text of the New Testament_ and the works 
> on the subject by Kurt Aland.
> 
> In the meantime, I'd suggest that further questions on Text 
> Criticism and the issues that are raised by it be directed to 
> the Text Critical (T-C) List. You'll find that List at:
> 
http://rosetta.reltech.org/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=tc-list&text_mode=&lan
g=english

Yours,

Jeffrey Gibson
--

Jeffrey B. Gibson, D.Phil. (Oxon.)

1500 W. Pratt Blvd. #1
Chicago, IL 60626

jgibson000 at comcast.net


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