Studies On The Paratextual Features Of Early New Testament Manuscripts : Texts and Editions of the New Testament

Most studies of ancient New Testament manuscripts focus on individual readings and textual variants. This book, however, draws attention to, and attempts to advance, study of the textual and paratextual features of New Testament manuscripts. After defining paratext, the contributors discuss key manuscript characteristics, including headings, introductions, marginal comments, colophons, layout features such as margins, columns, spacing, and reading aids such as segmentation, paragraphos, ekthesis, coronis, and rubrication. The goal of this book is to explore how textual criticism goes beyond individual readings and includes studying the history of texts and their perceivable features. 16 Studies On The Paratextual Features Of Early New Testament Manuscripts Texts and Editions of the New Testament 16 Studies On The Paratextual Features Of Early New Testament Manuscripts Texts and Editions of the New Testament Contents Preface Figures and Tables Abbreviations Contributors Introduction: Paratextual Features of Early Greek Manuscripts Chapter 1 What Is Paratext? In Search of an Elusive Category Chapter 2 Missing the Point: Modern Punctuation Practice as Authoritative but Possibly Problematic Decision-Making Chapter 3 Pointers to Persons and Pericopes? A Study of the Intermarginal Signs in Sahidic Manuscripts of the Gospel of John Chapter 4 But for Me, the Scriptures Are Jesus Christ (ΙC􁐊 ΧC􁐊 ; Ign. Phld. 8:2): Creedal Text-Coding and the Early Scribal System of Nomina Sacra Chapter 5 Segmentation and Interpretation of Early Pauline Manuscripts Chapter 6 Can Papyri Correspondence Help Us to Understand Paul’s “Large Letters” in Galatians? Chapter 7 The Tradition and Development of the Subscriptions to 1 Timothy Chapter 8 Second Timothy: When and Where? Text and Traditions in the Subscriptions Chapter 9 Composite Citations in New Testament Greek Manuscripts Chapter 10 Titus in P32 and Early Majuscules: Textual Reliability and Scribal Design Chapter 11 The Scribal Use of Ekthesis as a Paragraph Marker? The Galatians Text in Codex Sinaiticus as a Test Case Chapter 12 Miniature Codices in Early Christianity Chapter 13 Marginalia in New Testament Greek Papyri: Implications for Scribal Practice and Textual Transmission Conclusion: Paratextual Features: Summary and Prospects Index of Ancient Sources Index of Modern Authors A collection of cutting-edge studies on the features of New Testament manuscripts that may not receive the most attention, paratext. This book advances study of the textual and paratextual features of New Testament manuscripts and explores how textual criticism goes beyond individual readings to include studying the history of texts and their perceivable features