The Text of the New Testament

PART I. THE MATERIALS FOR THE TEXTUAL CRITICISM OF THE NEW TESTAMENT ; CHAPTER 1. THE MAKING OF ANCIENT BOOKS ; I. The Materials of Ancient Books ; 1. Papyrus ; 2. Parchment ; 3. Ink Making ; II. The Forms of Ancient Books ; III. Ancient Scribes and Their Handiwork ; Added Note on Colophons ; IV. "Helps for Readers" in New Testament Manuscripts ; 1. Chapter Divisions ; 2. Titles of Chapters ; 3. Eusebian Canons ; 4. Hypotheses, Bioi, Euthalian Apparatus ; 5. Superscriptions and Subscriptions ; 6. Punctuation ; 7. Glosses, Scholia, Commentaries, Catenae, Onomastics ; 8. Artistic Adornment ; 9. Cola and Commata ; 10. Neumes ; 11. Lectionary Equipment ; V. Statistics of Greek Manuscripts of the New Testament ; CHAPTER 2. IMPORTANT WITNESSES TO THE TEXT OF THE NEW TESTAMENT ; I. Greek Manuscripts of the New Testament ; 1. Important Greek Papyri of the New Testament ; 2. Important Greek Majuscule Manuscripts of the New Testament ; 3. Important Greek Minuscule Manuscripts of the New Testament ; 4. Other Noteworthy Manuscripts ; II. Ancient Versions of the New Testament ; 1. The Syriac Versions ; 2. The Latin Versions ; 3. The Coptic Versions ; 4. The Gothic Version ; 5. The Armenian Version ; 6. The Georgian Version ; 7. The Ethiopic Version ; 8. The Old Slavonic Version ; 9. Other Ancient Versions ; Patristic Quotations from the New Testament ; PART II: THE HISTORY OF NEW TESTAMENT TEXTUAL CRITICISM AS REFLECTED IN PRINTED EDITIONS OF THE GREEK TESTAMENT ; CHAPTER 3. THE PRECRITICAL PERIOD ; I. From Ximenes and Erasmus to the Elzevirs ; II. The Collection of Variant Readings ; CHAPTER 4. THE MODERN CRITICAL PERIOD ; I. The Beginnings of Scientific Textual Criticism of the New Testament ; II. The Overthrow of the Textus Receptus ; PART III: THE APPLICATION OF TEXTUAL CRITICISM TO THE TEXT OF THE NEW TESTAMENT ; CHAPTER 5. THE ORIGINS OF TEXTUAL CRITICISM AS A SCHOLARLY DISCIPLINE ; CHAPTER 6. MODERN METHODS OF TEXTUAL CRITICISM ; I. The Classical Method of Textual Criticism ; II. Reactions Against Classical Textual Criticism ; 1. Joseph Bedier ; 2. Albert C. Clark ; III. Local Texts and Ancient Editions: Burnett Hillman Streeter ; IV. Alternative Methods of Textual Criticism ; 1. The Majority Text ; 2. Thoroughgoing Eclecticism ; V. Conjectural Emendation ; VI. Methods of Determining Family Relationships Among Manuscripts ; 1. The Claremont Profile Method ; 2. The Alands' Use of Teststellen ; 3. The Comprehensive Profile Method ; VII. The Use of Computers in New Testament Textual Criticism ; 1. The Collection, Recording, and Storage of Data ; 2. The Presentation of the Data ; 3. Statistical Analyses ; 4. Hypertext Possibilities ; VIII. Significant Ongoing Projects ; 1. The Institut f:ur neutestamentliche Textforschung ; 2. The International Greek New Testament Project ; CHAPTER 7. THE CAUSES OF ERROR IN THE TRANSMISSION OF THE TEXT OF THE NEW TESTAMENT ; I. Unintentional Changes ; 1. Errors Arising from Faulty Eyesight ; 2. Errors Arising from Faulty Hearing ; 3. Errors of the Mind ; 4. Errors of Judgment ; II. Intentional Changes ; 1. Changes Involving Spelling and Grammar ; 2. Harmonistic Corruptions ; 3. Addition of Natural Complements and Similar Adjuncts ; 4. Clearing up Historical and Geographical Difficulties ; 5. Conflation of Readings ; 6. Alterations Made Because of Doctrinal Considerations ; 7. Addition of Miscellaneous Details ; CHAPTER 8. HISTORY OF THE TRANSMISSION OF THE TEXT OF THE NEW TESTAMENT ; I. Complications in Establishing the Original Text ; II. Dissemination of Early Christian Literature ; III. The Rise and Development of the New Testament Text Types ; 1. The Western Text ; 2. The Alexandrian Text ; 3. The Byzantine Text ; IV. The Use of Textual Data for the Social History of Early Christianity ; 1. Doctrinal Disputes of Early Christianity ; 2. Jewish-Christian Relations ; 3. The Oppression of Women in Early Christianity ; 4. Christian Apologia ; 5. Christian Asceticism ; 6. The Use of Magic and Fortune-Telling in Early Christianity ; CHAPTER 9. THE PRACTICE OF NEW TESTAMENT TEXTUAL CRITICISM ; I. Basic Criteria for the Evaluation of Variant Readings ; II. The Process of Evaluating Variant Readings ; 1. External Evidence ; 2. Internal Evidence ; III. The Textual Analysis of Selected Passages