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The Orthodox Corruption of Scripture

The Effect of Early Christological Controversies on the Text of the New Testament

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Victors not only write 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 whenscribes could transform the documents they reproduced. This edition includes a new afterword surveying research in biblical interpretation over the past twenty years.

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The Orthodox Corruption of Scripture, Bart D. Ehrman

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1996
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Titolo
The Orthodox Corruption of Scripture
Sottotitolo
The Effect of Early Christological Controversies on the Text of the New Testament
Lingua
Inglese
Pubblicato
1996
Formato
In brossura
Pagine
314
ISBN10
0195102797
ISBN13
9780195102796
Serie
Descrizione
Victors not only write 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 whenscribes could transform the documents they reproduced. This edition includes a new afterword surveying research in biblical interpretation over the past twenty years.