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Investigates the scribal habits of P45, P46, P47, P66, P72, and P75, the six most extensive early "New Testament" manuscripts. Here, the singular readings in these six papyri are studied along with the corrections.
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Scribal Habits in Early Greek New Testament Papyri
New Testament Tools, Studies and Documents Edited by
Bart D. Ehrman, Ph.D, James A. Gray Distinguished Professor of Religious Studies University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Eldon J. Epp, Ph.D., Harkness Professor of Biblical Literature Emeritus and Dean of Humanities and Social Sciences Emeritus, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio
VOLUME 36
Scribal Habits in Early Greek New Testament Papyri By
James R. Royse
LEIDEN • BOSTON 2008
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CONTENTS
Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiii Sigla . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xvii Standard Lexicographical and Grammatical Works . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xviii Editions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xix Additional Sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxvii Chapter One. The Study of Scribal Habits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Provenance of the Beatty and Bodmer Papyri . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Nature of Copying . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Chapter Two. Singular Readings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hort on Singulars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Singulars in Revelation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Isolated Traditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O’Neill’s Method . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Barbara Aland’s Method . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Chapter Three. Methodology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Greek Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Versional and Patristic Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .