The Latin New Testament

The Latin New Testament
Author: H. A. G. Houghton
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 387
Release: 2016
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 0198744730

This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence. It is free to read at Oxford Scholarship Online and offered as a free PDF download from OUP and selected open access locations. Latin is the language in which the New Testament was copied, read, and studied for over a millennium. The remains of the initial 'Old Latin' version preserve important testimony for early forms of text and the way in which the Bible was understood by the first translators. Successive revisions resulted in a standard version subsequently known as the Vulgate which, along with the creation of influential commentaries by scholars such as Jerome and Augustine, shaped theology and exegesis for many centuries. Latin gospel books and other New Testament manuscripts illustrate the continuous tradition of Christian book culture, from the late antique codices of Roman North Africa and Italy to the glorious creations of Northumbrian scriptoria, the pandects of the Carolingian era, eleventh-century Giant Bibles, and the Paris Bibles associated with the rise of the university. In The Latin New Testament, H. A. G. Houghton provides a comprehensive introduction to the history and development of the Latin New Testament. Drawing on major editions and recent advances in scholarship, he offers a new synthesis which brings together evidence from Christian authors and biblical manuscripts from earliest times to the late Middle Ages. All manuscripts identified as containing Old Latin evidence for the New Testament are described in a catalogue, along with those featured in the two principal modern editions of the Vulgate. A user's guide is provided for these editions and the other key scholarly tools for studying the Latin New Testament.

The Old Latin Gospels

The Old Latin Gospels
Author: Philip Burton
Publisher: Clarendon Press
Total Pages: 239
Release: 2000-11-16
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 0191520683

This book is the first overall study of the texts and language of the Old Latin Gospels, the versions of the four Gospels that predate the Vulgate of Jerome. In this book three main questions are addressed. Do the various extant manuscripts represent the remains of many originally separate versions, or local variants of a single main tradition? How do we analyse the translation techniques used to produce these texts? What do these translations tell us about the development of post-classical, non-literary Latin, and vice versa? Dr Burton approaches the issue of monogenesis versus polygenesis through a systematic analysis of the vocabulary of each individual Gospel. He reassess the traditional description of these Gospels as 'literal' and 'vulgar', examining the extent to which these terms are meaningful and applicable.

The Old Latin Manuscripts of the Gospel of Luke

The Old Latin Manuscripts of the Gospel of Luke
Author: Annette Weissenrieder
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Total Pages: 714
Release: 2023-12-31
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 3111142531

The Codex Vercellensis is one of the great treasures of the Vercelli library, containing the four Gospels. Written during the fourth century, it is the oldest remaining Latin manuscript of the Greek New Testament and one of the most important witnesses to the early understanding of the Gospels. In this edition, Weissenrieder and Visinoni provide the Latin text of the work parallel to spectral images, indicating abbreviations, lineation, foliation and staurograms as well as a (reconstructed) critical edition with references to the most important texts of the Old Latin tradition as well as Greek and Syriac manuscripts and a commentary to this unique Latin translation. The analyses involved will be: (1) digital methods, (2) philological and theological, (3) translation theories in antiquity as well as (4) genealogical. The authors call into question assumptions about the text preserved in the manuscript, arguing that it represents an early stage of the Latin Gospels. The manuscript will be examined in light of its wide-ranging cultural and historical context. As such, the project aligns itself methodologically with the field of manuscript studies and attempts to integrate the specialized expertise of various disciplines in the study of a single object.

A Student's Guide to Textual Criticism of the Bible

A Student's Guide to Textual Criticism of the Bible
Author: Paul D. Wegner
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
Total Pages: 340
Release: 2006-03-09
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9780830827312

In plain language and with ample illustration, Paul D. Wegner presents an overview of the history and methods, aims and results of textual criticism of the whole Bible--the Hebrew Old Testament and the Greek New Testament. You will gain an appreciation for the vast work that has been accomplished in preserving the text of Scripture and find a renewed confidence in its reliability.

A Survey of the Researches into the Western Text of the Gospels and Acts

A Survey of the Researches into the Western Text of the Gospels and Acts
Author: Klijn
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 98
Release: 2014-04-09
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9004265988

Preliminary Material /A. F. J. Klijn -- Introduction /A. F. J. Klijn -- Syria /A. F. J. Klijn -- Egypt /A. F. J. Klijn -- Rome, Gaul and North Africa /A. F. J. Klijn -- Acts /A. F. J. Klijn -- The Western text /A. F. J. Klijn -- Bibllography /A. F. J. Klijn -- New Testament References /A. F. J. Klijn -- References to early Christian authors and writings /A. F. J. Klijn -- Index of Authors /A. F. J. Klijn.

The Text of the Old Testament

The Text of the Old Testament
Author: Ernst Wurthwein
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Total Pages: 363
Release: 2014-11-27
Genre: Bibles
ISBN: 0802866808

This finely revised and nicely updated version of one of the classics in our field can truly be called a grand introduction to the history of the biblical text." Leonard Greenspoon -- Creighton University "Readers familiar with Würthwein's earlier work will discover all of the strengths of his approach to Biblical Hebrew.