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The making of the New Testament

origin, collection, text & canon

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Arthur G. Patzia
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An edition of The making of the New Testament (2011)

The making of the New Testament

origin, collection, text & canon

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This revised and expanded edition of The Making of the New Testament is a textbook introduction to the origin, collection, copying and canonizing of the New Testament documents. --from publisher description

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IVP Academic
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English
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302

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Table of Contents

Part 1 : the literary world of the new testament - 1.1 : general considerations
1.2 : the Hebrew scriptures
1.3 : the Septuagint
1.4 : the old testament apocrypha
1.5 : the old testament pseudepigrapha
1.6. : the Dead Sea Scroll
1.7 : Greco- Roman literature
Part 2 : the making of the gospels - 2.1 Jesus of Nazareth
2.2 : from oral to written gospels - 2.2.1 : early Christian kerygma
2.2.2 : form criticism
2.3 : why the gospels were written - 2.3.1 : to meet the needs of the early church
2.3.2 : the expansion of the church
2.3.3 : the passing away of eyewitnesses
2.3.4 : the need to educate believers
2.3.5 : new challenges for the faith
2.4. : how the gospels were written - 2.4.1 : the synoptic problem
2.4.2 : source criticism
2.4.3 : redaction criticism
2.4.4 : additional criticism
2.5 : the gospel genre
2.6 : the fourfold gospel collection - 2.6.1 : the need for a collection
2.6.2 : the stages of collection
2.6.2.1 : Papias
2.6.2.2 : Justin Martyr
2.6.2.3 : Tatian
2.6.2.4. : Irenaeus
2.6.2.5 : the Muratorian canon/ fragment
2.6.3 : the authority of the written gospels
Part 3 : the making of Paul's letters - 3.1 : Paul
3.2 : Paul and Greco- Roman literature
3.3 : the form of Paul's letters
3.4 : the content and context of Paul's letters
3.5 : the writing of Paul's letters - 3.5.1 : Paul as sole author
3.5.2 : Paul's use of a secretary
3.5.3 - Paul and his coworkers
3.5.4 : Pseudonymity and the Deutero-Pauline Hypothesis
3.5.5 : editors and interpolators
3.6 dispatching, receiving and reading Paul's letters - 3.6.1 : the letter carriers
3.6.2. : reading Paul's letters to the churches
3.6.3 : the letter readers
3.7 : the collection of Paul's letters - 3.7.1 : from Paul to Clement
3.7.2 : theories of collection - 3.7.2.1 : the "gradual collection" theory
3.7.2.2 : the "Big Bang" theory
3.7.2.3 : Paul as collector and editor
3.7.3 : from Clement to Justin
3.7.4 : Marcion
3.7.5 : manuscript P46 - 3.7.6 : the Muratorian canon/fragment
3.7.7 : some later church father
3.8 : summary and reflections
3.9 : the canonicity of Paul's letters
Part 4 : the making of other new testament literature - 4.1 : the acts of the apostle
4.2 : the Catholic epistles - 4.2.1 : 1 Peter
4.2.2 : 2 Peter
4.2.3 : Jude
4.2.4 : James
4.2.5 : Hebrews
4.2.6 : the Johannine literature - 4.2.6.1 : the epistles of John
4.2.6.2. : the revelation to John (the apocalypse)
4.3 : Summary
Part 5 : the making of the new testament canon
5.1 : review
5.2 : the authority of Jesus
5.3 : apostolicity
5.4 : usage in the church
5.5 : orthodoxy
5.6 : inspiration
5.7 excursus: the arrangement of the new testament books
5.8 : postscript: contemporary dialogue on the canon and related issues - 5.8.1 : the Da Vinci Code
5.8.2 : contributions and controversies from Bart E. Ehrman
Part 6 : the making of new testament manuscripts: writing, copying and transmitting
6.1 : Paleography
6.2 : Material for writing - 6.2.1 : papyrus
6.2.2 : parchment
6.2.3 : pens
6.2.4 : ink
6.2.5 : desks
6.3 : the form of books
6.3.1 : the roll
6.3.2 : the codex
6.4 : writing new testament manuscripts - 6.4.1 : uncials/majuscules
6.4.2: minuscles
6.4.3 : abbreviations/contractions
6.4.4 : aids for the readers
6.4.5 : the authors of the text
6.4.6 : the copiers of the text
6.5 : transmitting the new testament
6.5.1 : lectionaries
6.5.2 : versions
6.5.3 : the Greek text
Part 7 : making sense of textual variants and the practice of textual criticism - 7.1 : unintentional variations - 7.1.1 : errors of sight - 7.1.1.1 confusing letters similar in appearance
7.1.1.2 : faulty division of words within a sentence
7.1.1.3 : haplography
7.1.1.4 : parablepsis
7.1.1.5 : dittography
7.1.1.6 : metathesis
7.1.2 : errors of hearing
7.1.3 : errors of writing
7.1.4 : errors of judgment
7.2 : intentional variations - 7.2.1 : revising grammar and spelling
7.2.2 : harmonizing similar passages
7.2.3 : eliminating apparent discrepancies and difficulties
7.2.4 : conflating the text
7.2.5 : adapting different liturgical traditions
7.2.6 : making theological or doctrinal changes
7.3 : evaluating the evidence
7.3.1 : external evidence
7.3.2 : internal evidence
Appendix 1 : canon of the old testament
Appendix 2 : significant leaders of the early church
Appendix 3 : early canonical lists and collections of the new testament
Appendix 4 : later canonical lists of the new testament
Appendix 5 : early manuscripts containing the new testament.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. [266]-282) and indexes.

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Downers Grove, Ill

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
225.1
Library of Congress
BS2315 .P37 2011

The Physical Object

Pagination
302 p. :
Number of pages
302

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL24902852M
ISBN 10
0830827218
ISBN 13
9780830827213
LCCN
2010033186
OCLC/WorldCat
703612230

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