The Text of the New Testament by Kurt Aland; Barbara Aland; Erroll F. Rhodes (Translator)ISBN: 9780802836625
Publication Date: 1990-01-01
pt. 1: The editions of the New Testament -- From Erasmus to Griesbach -- From Lachmann to Nestle -- From the "Old Nestle" to the "New Nestle" -- A comparison of the major editions -- pt. 2: The transmission of the Greek New Testament -- The collection of the New Testament books -- The canon, church history, and the history of the text -- The origin of text types -- Latin, Syriac, and Coptic versions: the demand for Greek manuscripts limited after A.D. 200 -- Centers of Greek manuscript production -- Did the West develop its own text type? -- The spread of New Testament manuscripts and their text types -- The text of the early period -- The age of Constantine -- Summary -- pt. 3: The manuscripts of the Greek New Testament -- The number of manuscripts and their symbols before Gregory -- Gregory's system and the increasing number of manuscripts -- Writing materials -- Distribution by age -- Distribution by content -- The major collections -- The papyri -- The uncials -- The minuscules -- A review of text manuscripts by category -- The lectionaries -- Patristic citations -- pt. 4: The early versions of the New Testament -- Introduction -- The Latin versions -- The Syriac versions -- The Coptic versions -- The Armenian, Georgian, and Ethiopic versions -- The Gothic, Old Church Slavonic, and other versions -- Patristic citations -- pt. 5: Introduction -- "Modern editions" -- The Greek New Testament³ (GNT³) -- Novum Testamentum Graece²⁶ (Nestle-Aland²⁶) -- The synopses -- pt. 6: Resources -- pt. 7: Introduction to the Praxis of New Testament textual criticism (selected passages) -- Twelve basic rules for textual criticism -- Selected passages: causes of variants and their evaluation -- Verses relegated to the apparatus of Nestle-Aland²⁶ and GNT³ -- Smaller omissions in the new text -- The parable of the two sons (Matt. 21:28-32) -- pt. 8: Categories and text types, and the textual analysis of manuscripts -- The evaluation of manuscript texts: a new methodological tool for analyzing the New Testament manuscript tradition -- Categories and text types (cf. pp. 106f.,159).