The Text of the Earliest New Testament Greek Manuscripts, Volume 2: Papyri 75―139 and Uncials
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Overview
The manuscripts that form the Greek New Testament are scattered throughout the world and are usually only accessible to scholars and professionals. These were the manuscripts read by the earliest Christians, which comprised their “New Testament.” In his volumes, Philip Wesley Comfort bridges the gap between these extant copies and today’s critical text by providing accurate transcriptions of the earliest New Testament manuscripts, with photographs on the facing pages so readers can see the works for themselves. Comfort also provides an introduction to each manuscript that summarizes the content, date, current location, provenance, and other essential information, including the latest findings. This allows students and scholars to make well-informed decisions about the translation and interpretation of the New Testament.
Volume 1 includes manuscripts from Papyrus 1-72. Volume 2 includes manuscripts from Papyrus 75-139 as well as from the uncials. In addition, it features a special section on determining the date of a manuscript. This two-volume set replaces the previously published single volume Text of the Earliest New Testament Greek Manuscripts, as it contains many new manuscripts, updated research, and higher quality images of all manuscripts previously covered.
- Features a special section on determining the date of a manuscript
- Contains many new manuscripts, updated research, and higher quality images of all manuscripts previously covered
As a scholar and teacher-preacher, I need to know the evidence for the dating of a particular book and the evidence for the best reading of the text. The compiled Greek New Testaments are handy, but they do not give me enough information. In these present volumes, I get what I want and need for the roughly 190 of the earliest manuscripts rather than relying on cryptic footnotes or chasing around the world to find the actual manuscripts themselves. These volumes include photographs of the manuscripts, discussion of their dating, and transcriptions of their texts. Thank you Philip Comfort and the publisher. I hope the binding is sturdy, for the books will be used.
—Peter H. Davids, Houston Graduate School of Theology
The first edition of this book filled a very important need in bringing the earliest New Testament manuscripts in a single space. This second edition only enhances the work’s usefulness as it includes more than one hundred new manuscripts. The discussion of the dating of the manuscripts will be of considerable value. All those interested in New Testament textual criticism will find this as an essential tool.
—John N. Oswalt, Asbury Theological Seminary
A life’s work, now available for the New Testament exegete. This great work presents clear access to the earliest New Testament Greek manuscripts. A magnum opus by Philip Comfort, these useful volumes of the papyri and uncials, provide beyond what students see in the critical apparatus of the Nestle and UBS texts. This is a must-have resource for New Testament exegesis, giving immediate access to the text of each manuscript dated from AD 100 to AD 400. It is a book every New Testament scholar will grow into, as their skills in New Testament exegesis progress. This is a great bargain.
—Jim Swanson, Tyndale House Publishers
- Title: The Text of the Earliest New Testament Greek Manuscripts, Volume 2: Papyri 75―139 and Uncials
- Author: Philip W. Comfort
- Publisher: Kregel
- Print Publication Date: 2019
- Pages: 496
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- ISBNs: 9780825445163, 0825445167
- Resource ID: LLS:TXTENTGMV2
- Resource Type: Ancient Manuscript
- Metadata Last Updated: 2024-10-04T20:58:53Z
Philip Wesley Comfort (1950–2022) was a noted professor, author, and editor. He was a professor of Greek and New Testament at Trinity Episcopal Seminary, visiting professor at Wheaton College, and senior editor of Bible reference at Tyndale House Publishers.
Comfort completed his second doctorate under the noted textual critic Jacobus H. Petzer at the University of South Africa.
Comfort wrote several journal articles—he was also the author of Encountering the Manuscripts: An Introduction to New Testament Paleography and Textual Criticism and coauthor of the Holman Treasury of Key Bible Words in the Holman Reference Collection. He had also edited numerous titles, including The Text of the Earliest New Testament Greek Manuscripts and the Life Application Bible Commentary: 1 & 2 Corinthians.