The Text of the New Testament

This book supplies information concerning the science and the art of textual criticism as applied to the New Testament. The science of textual criticism deals with (a) the making and transmission of ancient manuscripts, (b) the description of the more important witnesses to the New Testament text, and (c) the history of New Testament textual criticism as reflected in the succession of printed editions of the Greek Testament. The art of textual criticism involves the application of reasoned considerations in choosing among variant readings in the manuscripts. With an eye to the needs of the student, the author discusses a wide variety of textual problems, ranging from the very simple to the more complex, where the evidence is evenly divided. The second edition embodies references to more than one hundred and fifty additional books and articles dealing with Greek manuscripts, early versions, and critical studies of recently discovered witnesses to the text of the New Testament.