Encountering the Manuscripts: An Introduction to New Testament Paleography and Textual Criticism

by Philip W. Comfort

" Encountering the Manuscripts ] focuses on the most significant New Testament manuscripts from the perspective of paleography and textual criticism. Paleography pertains to the dating of the manuscripts, as well as to the calligraphic features of the manuscripts themselves. Each manuscript has a story to tell; each manuscript gives us a window into the transmission of the New Testament text in the earliest centuries. Textual criticism pertains to...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0805431454
• ISBN13: 9780805431452
• Release Date: November 2005
• Publisher: B&H Publishing Group
• Length: 420 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.2" x 9.3"