The Text of the New Testament. An Introduction to the Critical Editions and to the Theory and Practice of Modern Textual Criticism. By Kurt and Barbara Aland (Translated by Erroll F. Rhodes). Eerdmans and E. J. Brill, 1987. Pp. xviii + 338, 65 illustrations. $29·00.

1989 ◽  
Vol 42 (3) ◽  
pp. 418-420
Author(s):  
D. C. Parker
Keyword(s):  
New Testament ◽  
Textual Criticism ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Critical Editions ◽  
The New Testament

New Testament Textual Criticism Past, Present, and Future: Reflections on the Alands' Text of the New Testament

1989 ◽  
Vol 82 (2) ◽  
pp. 213-230
Author(s):  
Eldon Jay Epp
Keyword(s):  
Biological Sciences ◽  
History Of Medicine ◽  
History Of Science ◽  
New Testament ◽  
Textual Criticism ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Human Knowledge ◽  
The New Testament ◽  
Students First ◽  
History Of

History, theory, and practice are interwoven in most realms of human knowledge, yet students approaching a field often care little about its history; they are more concerned with its application and how the discipline is practiced. This may be illustrated from the physical and biological sciences, where it is common not only for novices but even experts to take an interest only very late—if at all—in the history of science, and more so among physicians, to whom the history of medicine is usually a curiosity at best. Students first grappling with NT textual criticism are not likely to be different—they want to know the “jargon,” the “rules,” and the basic methods that will permit them to practice the art and (as they are more likely to view it) the science of textual criticism. In this particular subfield of NT studies, however, the history and the practice of the discipline cannot easily be separated. After all, the canons of criticism—the so-called “rules” in textual criticism—are anything but objective standards that can be applied in a rigid, mechanical fashion.

scholarly journals Die tekskritiek van die Nuwe Testament (2): ’n Oefening in teorie en praktyk

1992 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 11-26
Author(s):  
L. D. Jacobs
Keyword(s):  
New Testament ◽  
Textual Criticism ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
1 Corinthians ◽  
Practical Application ◽  
John 1 ◽  
Balanced Approach ◽  
The New Testament ◽  
Textual Variants

The textual criticism of the New Testament (2): An exercise in theory and practice This concluding article on New Testament textual criticism focuses on the practical application of a workable method for the evaluation of textual variants in the manuscripts of the New Testament. Six variation units displaying a wide variety of textual problems are discussed, viz the ending of Mark’s gospel, the theological/christological problem in John 1:18, the possible conjectural emendation in Acts 16:12, the ortographical variation in Romans 5:1, the doxology at the end of Romans, and the so-called “command to silence” in 1 Corinthians 14:34-35. The next result in each case does not necessarily produce rousing new insights, but it underlines the need for a balanced approach which weighs all the evidence without prejudice before making a decision on the value of a textual variant.

Who Is the Text? The Gendered and Racialized New Testament

2019 ◽  
pp. 135-155
Author(s):  
Yii-Jan Lin
Keyword(s):  
New Testament ◽  
Textual Criticism ◽  
The Other ◽  
Creative Power ◽  
Clement Of Alexandria ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
The New Testament

This chapter contends that the study of gender, sexuality, and the New Testament is not limited to the content of texts or their historical contexts. On the contrary, how we formulate a textual entity and how we approach that entity contribute to the dynamics that constitute identity, and are thus important to the discussion. In the case of the New Testament, Western Christianity has understood the active Word, or Logos, of God as “masculine” in its creative power. The text of the New Testament, on the other hand, requires historical and philological study, and is decidedly “feminine” in its vulnerability to disease and adulteration, especially in the field of textual criticism. Disrupting metaphors and conceptions of text and speech, masculine and feminine, can be found in ancient Judaism’s formulation of the Written and Oral Torah, as well as in Clement of Alexandria, the Odes of Solomon, and in Plato.

scholarly journals RESENSI BUKU : A NEW APPROACH TO TEXTUAL CRITICISM : AN INTRODUCTION TO THE COHERENCE-BASED GENEALOGICAL METHOD

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
STEFANUS KRISTIANTO
Keyword(s):  
New Testament ◽  
Textual Criticism ◽  
New Approach ◽  
The New Testament ◽  
History Of

Secara garis besar, buku ini terdiri atas enam bab utama. Bab pertama merupakan bagian pengantar yang menyentuh tiga aspek penting. Pertama, bab ini memberi pengenalan awal tentang apa itu CBGM. Secara ringkas, Wasserman dan Gurry mendefinisikan CBGM sebagai “a method that (1) uses a set of cumputer tools (2) based in a new way of relating manuscript texts that is (3) designed to help us understand the origin and history of the New Testament text.” (hal. 3). Jadi, seperti harapan Epp, metode ini mengkombinasikan penggunaan komputer dan pendekatan kuantitatif di beberapa bagian. Wasserman dan Gurry kemudian menggaris bawahi bahwa hal baru yang ditawarkan CBGM ialah bagaimana cara metode ini menghubungkan teks antar naskah. Pendekatan ini menggunakan prinsip dasar bahwa teks antar naskah bisa saling dihubungkan dengan menggunakan hubungan antar variannya. Kedua, bab ini juga menjelaskan secara singkat lima perubahan yang dibawa CBGM. Selain perubahan teks kritikal Yunani di beberapa tempat, CBGM juga menyebabkan munculnya ketidakpastian mengenai teks awal (initial text) di beberapa tempat. Bukan hanya itu, CBGM ternyata juga mendorong penolakan terhadap kategori tipe teks (atau kluster teks menurut Epp), meningkatnya apresiasi terhadap teks Byzantine, dan berubahnya tujuan utama Kritik Teks (meski sangat tipis). Bab ini kemudian ditutup dengan pembahasan aspek ketiga, yakni alasan mengapa buku ini ditulis. Sederhananya, buku ini ditulis untuk mereka yang optimis terhadap potensi CBGM (tetapi tidak mengerti bagaimana menggunakannya) dan juga mereka yang cenderung negatif terhadap CBGM. Buku ini diharapkan menjadi penolong kedua kelompk tersebut memahami CBGM lebih baik.

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