The Early Text of the New Testament

498 Pages·2012·2.15 MB·English

by  Charles E. Hill

THE EARLY TEXT OF THE NEW TESTAMENT
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The Early Text of the
New Testament
Editedby
CHARLES E. HILL AND MICHAEL J. KRUGER
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Acknowledgements
For a book such as this one, in which many have been involved, there are
manywhodeserveourthanks.Wearegrateful,firstofall,fortheprivilegeof
workingwiththeextraordinarygroupofexpertswhocontributedthechapters
to this book. We believe the painstaking labour they have bestowed on the
critical topic of the scribal context and early textual history of the New
Testament books will bear the fruit of greater understanding for many years
tocome.
TheeditorsandproductionstaffatOxfordUniversityPress,includingTom
Perridge, Lizzie Robottom, Anne Leask, Nicola Sangster, Jane Robson, and
others unknown to us, have our thankful admiration for their thoroughness
and perseverance through countless communications and revisions. We
would like to thank translator Edwin Collado, bibliographer Greg Salazar,
indexersTimMuether,JohnMuether,DavidVeldkamp,andAnnieMuether,
librariansJohnMuether,MichaelFarrell,andLauraArmstrong.Wealsowish
to acknowledge Randy and Linda Randall, benefactors of the Randall Fund,
andBurtonandBettyMcPheetersandMarcyHill,benefactorsoftheMcPhe-
eters-HillFund,whosegenerosityhelpedmakethisprojectpossible.
Finally,toourwives,who,forsixandahalfyearshavebornepatientlywith
usthroughtheseeminglyunendingstreamofunforeseenstagesofthisbook,
wewanttoexpressourdeepestappreciation.Thelongtravailisfinallyover.At
leastuntilthenextedition.
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Contents
Contributors ix
Abbreviations xi
Introduction:InSearchoftheEarliestTextoftheNewTestament 1
CharlesE.HillandMichaelJ.Kruger
I. TheTextualandScribalCultureofEarlyChristianity
1. TheBookTradeintheRomanEmpire 23
HarryY.Gamble
2. Indicatorsof‘Catholicity’inEarlyGospelManuscripts 37
ScottCharlesworth
3. ManuscriptsandtheSociologyofEarlyChristianReading 49
LarryHurtado
4. EarlyChristianAttitudestowardtheReproductionofTexts 63
MichaelJ.Kruger
II. TheManuscriptTradition
5. TheEarlyTextofMatthew 83
TommyWasserman
6. TheEarlyTextofMark 108
PeterM.Head
7. TheEarlyTextofLuke 121
JuanHernández,Jr.
8. TheEarlyTextofJohn 140
JuanChapa
9. TheEarlyTextofActs 157
ChristopherTuckett
10. TheEarlyTextofPaul(andHebrews) 175
JamesR.Royse
11. TheEarlyTextoftheCatholicEpistles 204
J.K.Elliott
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12. TheEarlyTextofRevelation 225
TobiasNicklas
13. ‘WhereTwoorThreeAreGatheredTogether’:
TheWitnessoftheEarlyVersions 239
PeterWilliams
III. EarlyCitationandUseofNewTestamentWritings
14. ‘InTheseVeryWords’:MethodsandStandards
ofLiteraryBorrowingintheSecondCentury 261
CharlesE.Hill
15. TheTextoftheNewTestamentintheApostolicFathers 282
PaulFoster
16. MarcionandtheEarlyNewTestamentText 302
DieterT.Roth
17. Justin’sTextoftheGospels:AnotherLook
attheCitationsin1Apol.15.1–8 313
JosephVerheyden
18. Tatian’sDiatessaronandtheGreekTextoftheGospels 336
TjitzeBaarda
19. EarlyApocryphalGospelsandtheNewTestamentText 350
StanleyE.Porter
20. Irenaeus’sTextoftheGospelsinAdversushaereses 370
D.JeffreyBinghamandBillyR.Todd,Jr.
21. ClementofAlexandria’sGospelCitations 393
CarlP.Cosaert
Bibliography 414
IndexofBiblicalCitations 451
IndexofGreekManuscripts 470
SubjectIndex 476
Contributors
TjitzeBaarda,ProfessorEmeritus,FreeUniversity,Amsterdam
D. Jeffrey Bingham, Chairman and Professor of Theological Studies, Dallas
TheologicalSeminary
Juan Chapa, Associate Professor of New Testament, Faculty of Theology,
UniversityofNavarra
Scott Charlesworth, Senior Lecturer, School of Theology, Pacific Adventist
University,PapuaNewGuinea
CarlP.Cosaert,AssistantProfessorofNewTestamentandEarlyChristianity,
SchoolofTheology,WallaWallaUniversity
J. K. Elliott, Professor Emeritus of New Testament Textual Criticism,
UniversityofLeeds
Paul Foster, Senior Lecturer in New Testament Language, Literature and
Theology,UniversityofEdinburgh
Harry Y. Gamble, Chairman of the Religious Studies Department and
Professor of New Testament Studies and Early Christianity at the University
ofVirginia
Peter M. Head, Sir Kirby Laing Senior Lecturer in New Testament, Tyndale
HouseandFacultyofDivinity,UniversityofCambridge
JuanHernández,Jr.,AssistantProfessorofBiblicalStudies,BethelUniversity
CharlesE.Hill,ProfessorofNewTestament,ReformedTheologicalSeminary,
Orlando,Florida
Larry Hurtado, Emeritus Professor of New Testament Language, Literature
andTheology,UniversityofEdinburgh
Michael J. Kruger, Professor of New Testament, Reformed Theological
Seminary,Charlotte,NC
TobiasNicklas,ChairofNewTestamentStudies,UniversityofRegensburg
Stanley E. Porter, President, Dean, and Professor of New Testament,
McMasterDivinityCollege
DieterT.Roth,Post-DoctoralFellowattheJohannesGutenberg-Universität,
Mainz