Containing transcriptions of the sixty-nine earliest New Testament manuscripts ever discovered, this book provides a representative sample of the New Testament that was read by Christians in the earliest centuries of the church. These manuscripts were the "Bible" they read and revered; to them, these manuscripts were the New Testament text.
Superb documentation. Painstaking accuracy. That's what makes this work an invaluable reference for serious Bible students. Intended for scholars and students who are interested in the original text of the Greek New Testament. This is an accessible and accurate collection, invaluable in determining the original text of the New Testament.
Use this resource alongside Metzger's Textual Commentary on the Greek New Testament or the critical apparatus in German Bible Society Bundle to see for yourself what a cited papyrus really says! In addition, you may want to add Ugaritic Library (12 Vols.), Northwest Semitic Collection (7 Vols.) and Writings From the Ancient World (16 Vols.) to your Logos Bible Software.
Fully revised and updated from its original publication, The Text of the Earliest New Testament Greek Manuscripts presents fresh transcriptions of the sixty-nine earliest Greek papyrus manuscripts of the New Testament—all produced before A.D. 325. Along with revised transcriptions, this volume includes:
- Introductions: Each manuscript is preceded by a concise introduction that provides such essential information as contents, date of writing, provenance, housing location, bibliography, physical features, and textual character.
- Margin Notes: Significant differences between the text presented in this volume and the text presented in the editiones principes are noted in the margin.
No other resource bring together such an accessible and accurate collection of the text of the earliest New Testament Greek manuscripts.
Numerous updates and improvements to the first edition include: over a hundred corrections to the Greek texts; the addition of underdots beneath uncertain letters; hundreds of improvements to the introductions and reconstructed portions of the text; the addition of pertinent texts from P100-P115; and the citation of significant differences from the editiones principes in the margin.
