New Testament Textual Criticism for the 21st Century: A Practical Guide

by Charles L. Quarles

Publisher:

Hendrickson Academic

, 2025

Overview

While there are many introductions to twentieth-century New Testament textual criticism, scholars and students need a twenty-first-century introduction to the praxis of New Testament textual criticism that refines and replaces some elements of the traditional approach in keeping with recent advancements in the discipline. Methodologies known to be deficient are still being taught, and even New Testament commentators apply outdated and problematic methods in their evaluation of textual variants. This new introduction guides readers in the practice of a more refined, reasoned eclecticism to identify the original reading of the New Testament text. Readers will learn to identify variant readings and the witnesses in support of them from the apparatuses in the major editions of the Greek New Testament.

New Testament Textual Criticism for the 21st Century includes several examples and exercises that guide students in applying critical-thinking skills to specific variant units. The goal throughout is to move from abstract discussion to concrete examples to offer students the “picture worth a thousand words.” Most importantly, the book demonstrates how new tools and findings generally discussed only in scholarly literature are changing the text of the most respected editions of the Greek New Testament and can aid researchers in their study of manuscripts.

Key Features

• Guides readers in the practice of a more refined, reasoned eclecticism.
• Includes several examples and exercises that guide students in applying critical-thinking.
• Offers students the “picture worth a thousand words.”

Product Details

• Title: New Testament Textual Criticism for the 21st Century: A Practical Guide
• Author: Charles L. Quarles
• Publisher: Hendrickson Academic
• Print Publication Date: 2025
• Pages: 200
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• ISBNs: 9781496476272, 1496476271
• Resource ID: LLS:NWTST21PRCTCLGD
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2025-03-06T20:17:20Z

About Charles L. Quarles

Charles L. Quarles (BA, University of Mississippi; MDiv and PhD, Mid-America Baptist Theological Seminary) is vice president for integration of faith and Learning, dean of the Louisiana College Caskey School of Divinity, and William Peterson Carter Sr. Research Professor of New Testament and Greek, at Louisiana College’s division of Christian Studies.