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Introduction to New Testament Textual Criticism: Revised Edition [Paperback]

J. Harold Greenlee (Author)
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May 1, 1995
F. F. Bruce commented on the first edition, "I am glad to give it my warm commendation. As an introduction to the criticism of the New Testament it has . . . no equal in English." Since Bruce's comments on the original edition thirty years ago, this clear and comprehensive introduction to New Testament textual criticism has remained a popular text for beginning and intermediate students.

"A celebrated pedagogue who has kept abreast of his field for over four decades, Harold Greenlee is uniquely suited to produce an introduction to the complex world of New Testament textual criticism. His first edition provided lucid explanations of the most important aspects of the field, making it an ideal introduction for beginning students. For this second edition, Greenlee has revised significant features of his presentation, ensuring that this will be a useful and important primer for years to come."
—Bart D. Ehrman, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Chair, NT Textual Criticism Section of the Society of Biblical Literature

"It is good to have Greenlee's primer available again, for nowhere else will one find explanations of and introductions to so wide a range of critical editions of the New Testament—from Tischendorf to UBS, including the lesser known but still valuable editions of Souter, Merk, Bover, and Legg. The student who works through Greenlee's discussion of the praxis of textual criticism will learn the craft from a reliable guide."
—Michael W. Holmes, Bethel College, North American Editor, International Greek New Testament Project



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J. Harold Greenlee is professor of New Testament Greek, a missionary with OMS International, and an International Translation Consultant with Wycliffe Bible Translators. He is also the author of A Concise Exegetical Grammar of New Testament Greek.


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  • Paperback: 176 pages
  • Publisher: Hendrickson Publishers; Revised edition (May 1, 1995)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1565630378
  • ISBN-13: 978-1565630376
  • Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.5 x 0.5 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #330,401 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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J. Harold Greenlee, AB Asbury College, BD Asbury Theo. Sem., MA Univ. of Kentucky, PhD (Biblical and Patristic Greek), Harvard Univ. Senior Fulbright Fellow, Oxford Univ., 1950-51. Former professor of Greek, Asbury Theo. Sem. Missionary, OMS Intl. (formerly The Oriental Missionary Society), 1969 - present. Ordained minister, United Methodist Church. Author of twelve published books and over 150 published articles, mostly dealing with the Greek NT.

 

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A Good Primer on Textual Criticism!, January 12, 2005
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John Brimacombe (http://johnbrimacombe.blogspot.com/) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Introduction to New Testament Textual Criticism: Revised Edition (Paperback)
If there are so many copies of manuscripts of the original autographs of the bible, and if these don't always agree with one another, how do we know which ones are correct? This is what J. Harold Greenlee answers in his concise primer on textual criticism.

Greenlee gives an excellent defintion of textual criticism in his book. It is "the study of copies of any written work of which the autograph (the original) is unknown, with the purpose of ascertaining the original text."

The book gives understandable information on the early materials used for writing such as leaves, potsherds, papyrus, vellum, and paper and on styles of handwriting. Greenlee explains the sources of the New Testament text which are Greek manuscripts, versions, and the Patristic quotations. He also gives a valuable lesson on the differnt types of variants within the text.

I highly recommend this book for those who are wanting to know more about the background of the bible and how all the pieces fit together in the process of trying to get to an original text.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Texutal Criticism, January 28, 2008
This review is from: Introduction to New Testament Textual Criticism: Revised Edition (Paperback)
Great chart in this book for analyzing the textual aparatus in the UBS. Other than that, Greenlee is clear and concise. Recommended.
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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Intro to Text Criticism, April 21, 2008
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Spumoni (Pasadena, CA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Introduction to New Testament Textual Criticism: Revised Edition (Paperback)
This is a good intermediate work on textual criticism. The first section of the book on paleography is very strong. There are some interesting etymological insights behind the different elements that make up the various materials for copying and preservation of texts. The explanations for codices and their development over time was also helpful. Figure 4 on page 23 is excellent for communicating the changes over time of forms of transmission of the text. The coverage of the various uncials and miniscules versions was very extensive adding a lot of helpful explanation. The development of text types and a history of the development of critical apparatus' brings one up to speed on much of the history of textual criticism. The treatment of each critical apparatus' notation methods was a bit tedious and hard to follow. Its hard to imagine really getting that section without tracking along with the apparatus under discussion to truly apprehend it. A major criticism I have with the book is that it frequently quotes Greek passages as examples with no English translation. This is no problem for the strong Greek student but I think it makes the work inaccessible in some areas for those who are not as up to speed in their Greek. Overall I thought it did a pretty good job of treating the various types of Scribal errors and gave some good practical examples. I think David Alan Black's short work is much more concise compared to this book in this area but you will get the same information here. Overall, a good intermediate work in my opinion.
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