The Gospel According to John in the Byzantine Tradition
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Retail: $79.95 Size: 4.5 x 6.5 inches Binding: Hardcover Pages: 334 Pub Date: 2008 ISBN: 9781598563078 ISBN-13: 9781598563078 Item Number: 563078 Categories: Language and Reference Specifications | |
Product DescriptionThis text-critical edition of the Gospel of John illustrates the breadth of the Byzantine textual tradition. A specific Byzantine manuscript (miniscule 35) was used as the base text. The apparatus indicates the differences within the most important Byzantine manuscripts of John. In addition, differences compared to the Nestle-Aland edition are listed. Hendrickson is a proud distributor of titles from the German Bible Society, the premier publisher of original language Bibles. | |
ReviewsThis is a text-critical edition of the gospel of John that reflects the recension of the gospel in the Byzantine tradition. Taking one particular MS as its ‘base text’ (miniscule 35) the edition then compares some seventy other witnesses. The differences between this text and that of Nestle-Aland are also noted.
This is a painstaking work of scholarship coming out of the Centre for Editing Texts in Religion (now the Institute for Textual Scholarship and Electronic Editing) at the University of Birmingham. It is a highly specialised work, but for those interested in the history of the Byzantine textual tradition, or indeed the history of Byzantine Christianity more generally, obviously a very important one. |