The Orthodox Corruption of Scripture: The Effect of Early Christological Controversies on the Text of the New Testament
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|0199739781
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9780199739783
The Orthodox Corruption of Scripture: The Effect of Early Christological Controversies on the Text of the New Testament
Paperback
|English
|0199739781
|
9780199739783
Overview
Victors not only write history: they also reproduce the texts. Bart Ehrman explores the close relationship between the social history of early Christianity and the textual tradition of the emerging New Testament, examining how early struggles between Christian heresy and orthodoxy affectedthe transmission of the documents over which many of the debates were waged. He makes a crucial contribution to our understanding of the social and intellectual history of early Christianity and raises intriguing questions about the relationship of readers to their texts, especially in an age when
scribes could transform the documents they reproduced. This edition includes a new afterword surveying research in biblical interpretation over the past twenty years.
ISBN: 0199739781
ISBN13: 9780199739783
Author: Bart D. Ehrman
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Format: Paperback
PublicationDate: 2011-07-08
Language: English
Edition: Updated ed.
PageCount: 416
Dimensions: 1.09 x 9.0 x 6.18
inches
Weight:
19.2 ounces
Description
Victors not only write history: they also reproduce the texts. Bart Ehrman explores the close relationship between the social history of early Christianity and the textual tradition of the emerging New Testament, examining how early struggles between Christian heresy and orthodoxy affected
the transmission of the documents over which many of the debates were waged. He makes a crucial contribution to our understanding of the social and intellectual history of early Christianity and raises intriguing questions about the relationship of readers to their texts, especially in an age when
scribes could transform the documents they reproduced. This edition includes a new afterword surveying research in biblical interpretation over the past twenty years.
In sum, this book is a fine work of scholarship --innovative, judicious, alert, attentive both to its overarching argument and to the supportive details. . . Ehrman's work is provocative and should give rise to further reflection. I believe it will make a significant contribution to scholarship in
both New Testament and early Christian history for a long time to come.
--
Church History
This detailed, carefully argued, and thoroughly documented study should be purchased for collections serving faculty and graduate students in New Testament studies and church history.--
Choice
Written in a clear and interesting style.--
The Princeton Seminary Bulletin
Ehrman's study is well written....This book will be useful for senior seminars and beginning graduate students.--
The Journal of Religion
Ehrman's is a good book, and one which deserves the attention of scholars--
Reviews in Religion and Theology
[Ehrman's] arguments throughout deserve our attention; they are frequently compelling....Clearly set out and persuasively presented....Variants that treat of Christ's person and function must from now on always be considered with reference to Ehrman's thesis.--
Novum Testamentum
This book is highly recommended as an excellent work of scholarship that is of great importance in the development of New Testament studies. Here is a new voice that addresses some of the central theological and historical issues.--
Journal of Theological Studies
Bart D. Ehrman has written a book which will stimulate the casual reader and intrigue the academic or professional reader of the New Testament....An excellent work and definitely invaluable for lay or scholars.--
Anglican Theological Review
This is a fascinating book, which deserves a wide readership....I thoroughly recommend this book for its textual and theological interest and for its readability.--
Irish Theological Quarterly
[A] detailed and carefully documented study.--
Religious Studies Review
This is a book well worth reading. The New Testament scholar will find in it an excellent study of textual criticism, systematically organized under the rubric of scribal
Tendenzen. The systematic theologian as well as the student of early Christian thought will find in it an excellent expose of
the fashion in which conviction colors the way in which one reads the tradition.--
Journal of Early Christian Studies
the transmission of the documents over which many of the debates were waged. He makes a crucial contribution to our understanding of the social and intellectual history of early Christianity and raises intriguing questions about the relationship of readers to their texts, especially in an age when
scribes could transform the documents they reproduced. This edition includes a new afterword surveying research in biblical interpretation over the past twenty years.
Editorial Reviews
In sum, this book is a fine work of scholarship --innovative, judicious, alert, attentive both to its overarching argument and to the supportive details. . . Ehrman's work is provocative and should give rise to further reflection. I believe it will make a significant contribution to scholarship in
both New Testament and early Christian history for a long time to come.
--
Church History
This detailed, carefully argued, and thoroughly documented study should be purchased for collections serving faculty and graduate students in New Testament studies and church history.--
Choice
Written in a clear and interesting style.--
The Princeton Seminary Bulletin
Ehrman's study is well written....This book will be useful for senior seminars and beginning graduate students.--
The Journal of Religion
Ehrman's is a good book, and one which deserves the attention of scholars--
Reviews in Religion and Theology
[Ehrman's] arguments throughout deserve our attention; they are frequently compelling....Clearly set out and persuasively presented....Variants that treat of Christ's person and function must from now on always be considered with reference to Ehrman's thesis.--
Novum Testamentum
This book is highly recommended as an excellent work of scholarship that is of great importance in the development of New Testament studies. Here is a new voice that addresses some of the central theological and historical issues.--
Journal of Theological Studies
Bart D. Ehrman has written a book which will stimulate the casual reader and intrigue the academic or professional reader of the New Testament....An excellent work and definitely invaluable for lay or scholars.--
Anglican Theological Review
This is a fascinating book, which deserves a wide readership....I thoroughly recommend this book for its textual and theological interest and for its readability.--
Irish Theological Quarterly
[A] detailed and carefully documented study.--
Religious Studies Review
This is a book well worth reading. The New Testament scholar will find in it an excellent study of textual criticism, systematically organized under the rubric of scribal
Tendenzen. The systematic theologian as well as the student of early Christian thought will find in it an excellent expose of
the fashion in which conviction colors the way in which one reads the tradition.--
Journal of Early Christian Studies
About the Author
Bart Ehrman is James A. Gray Professor and Chair of Religious Studies at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, and the author of two dozen books in the fields of New Testament and Early Christianity.
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Overview
Victors not only write history: they also reproduce the texts. Bart Ehrman explores the close relationship between the social history of early Christianity and the textual tradition of the emerging New Testament, examining how early struggles between Christian heresy and orthodoxy affectedthe transmission of the documents over which many of the debates were waged. He makes a crucial contribution to our understanding of the social and intellectual history of early Christianity and raises intriguing questions about the relationship of readers to their texts, especially in an age when
scribes could transform the documents they reproduced. This edition includes a new afterword surveying research in biblical interpretation over the past twenty years.
ISBN: 0199739781
ISBN13: 9780199739783
Author: Bart D. Ehrman
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Format: Paperback
PublicationDate: 2011-07-08
Language: English
Edition: Updated ed.
PageCount: 416
Dimensions: 1.09 x 9.0 x 6.18
inches
Weight:
19.2 ounces
Description
Victors not only write history: they also reproduce the texts. Bart Ehrman explores the close relationship between the social history of early Christianity and the textual tradition of the emerging New Testament, examining how early struggles between Christian heresy and orthodoxy affected
the transmission of the documents over which many of the debates were waged. He makes a crucial contribution to our understanding of the social and intellectual history of early Christianity and raises intriguing questions about the relationship of readers to their texts, especially in an age when
scribes could transform the documents they reproduced. This edition includes a new afterword surveying research in biblical interpretation over the past twenty years.
In sum, this book is a fine work of scholarship --innovative, judicious, alert, attentive both to its overarching argument and to the supportive details. . . Ehrman's work is provocative and should give rise to further reflection. I believe it will make a significant contribution to scholarship in
both New Testament and early Christian history for a long time to come.
--
Church History
This detailed, carefully argued, and thoroughly documented study should be purchased for collections serving faculty and graduate students in New Testament studies and church history.--
Choice
Written in a clear and interesting style.--
The Princeton Seminary Bulletin
Ehrman's study is well written....This book will be useful for senior seminars and beginning graduate students.--
The Journal of Religion
Ehrman's is a good book, and one which deserves the attention of scholars--
Reviews in Religion and Theology
[Ehrman's] arguments throughout deserve our attention; they are frequently compelling....Clearly set out and persuasively presented....Variants that treat of Christ's person and function must from now on always be considered with reference to Ehrman's thesis.--
Novum Testamentum
This book is highly recommended as an excellent work of scholarship that is of great importance in the development of New Testament studies. Here is a new voice that addresses some of the central theological and historical issues.--
Journal of Theological Studies
Bart D. Ehrman has written a book which will stimulate the casual reader and intrigue the academic or professional reader of the New Testament....An excellent work and definitely invaluable for lay or scholars.--
Anglican Theological Review
This is a fascinating book, which deserves a wide readership....I thoroughly recommend this book for its textual and theological interest and for its readability.--
Irish Theological Quarterly
[A] detailed and carefully documented study.--
Religious Studies Review
This is a book well worth reading. The New Testament scholar will find in it an excellent study of textual criticism, systematically organized under the rubric of scribal
Tendenzen. The systematic theologian as well as the student of early Christian thought will find in it an excellent expose of
the fashion in which conviction colors the way in which one reads the tradition.--
Journal of Early Christian Studies
the transmission of the documents over which many of the debates were waged. He makes a crucial contribution to our understanding of the social and intellectual history of early Christianity and raises intriguing questions about the relationship of readers to their texts, especially in an age when
scribes could transform the documents they reproduced. This edition includes a new afterword surveying research in biblical interpretation over the past twenty years.
Editorial Reviews
In sum, this book is a fine work of scholarship --innovative, judicious, alert, attentive both to its overarching argument and to the supportive details. . . Ehrman's work is provocative and should give rise to further reflection. I believe it will make a significant contribution to scholarship in
both New Testament and early Christian history for a long time to come.
--
Church History
This detailed, carefully argued, and thoroughly documented study should be purchased for collections serving faculty and graduate students in New Testament studies and church history.--
Choice
Written in a clear and interesting style.--
The Princeton Seminary Bulletin
Ehrman's study is well written....This book will be useful for senior seminars and beginning graduate students.--
The Journal of Religion
Ehrman's is a good book, and one which deserves the attention of scholars--
Reviews in Religion and Theology
[Ehrman's] arguments throughout deserve our attention; they are frequently compelling....Clearly set out and persuasively presented....Variants that treat of Christ's person and function must from now on always be considered with reference to Ehrman's thesis.--
Novum Testamentum
This book is highly recommended as an excellent work of scholarship that is of great importance in the development of New Testament studies. Here is a new voice that addresses some of the central theological and historical issues.--
Journal of Theological Studies
Bart D. Ehrman has written a book which will stimulate the casual reader and intrigue the academic or professional reader of the New Testament....An excellent work and definitely invaluable for lay or scholars.--
Anglican Theological Review
This is a fascinating book, which deserves a wide readership....I thoroughly recommend this book for its textual and theological interest and for its readability.--
Irish Theological Quarterly
[A] detailed and carefully documented study.--
Religious Studies Review
This is a book well worth reading. The New Testament scholar will find in it an excellent study of textual criticism, systematically organized under the rubric of scribal
Tendenzen. The systematic theologian as well as the student of early Christian thought will find in it an excellent expose of
the fashion in which conviction colors the way in which one reads the tradition.--
Journal of Early Christian Studies
About the Author
Bart Ehrman is James A. Gray Professor and Chair of Religious Studies at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, and the author of two dozen books in the fields of New Testament and Early Christianity.
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- Downloadable software products
- Some health and personal care items
To complete your return, we require a tracking number, which shows the items which you already returned to us.
There are certain situations where only partial refunds are granted (if applicable)
- Book with obvious signs of use
- CD, DVD, VHS tape, software, video game, cassette tape, or vinyl record that has been opened
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If the item is returned to us for any of the following reasons, a 15% restocking fee will be applied to your refund total and you will be asked to pay for return shipping:
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