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Luke´s Demonstration to Theophilus: The Gospel and the Acts of the Apostles According to Codex Bezae
Jenny Read-Heimerdinger
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Description for Luke´s Demonstration to Theophilus: The Gospel and the Acts of the Apostles According to Codex Bezae
Hardback. This volume is the first complete English translation of the Codex Bezae version of Luke and Acts. Num Pages: 720 pages. BIC Classification: HRCG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 165 x 58. Weight in Grams: 1220.
This is the first complete English translation of Luke's Demonstration to Theophilus (the books of Luke and Acts) as found in Codex Bezae. Codex Bezae is a bilingual 4th century Greek-Latin manuscript. In the past it has been viewed as a marginal manuscript witness. However, the pioneering work of Jenny Read-Heimerdinger and Josep Rius-Camps (The Message of Acts in Codex Bezae 4 vols, published by T&T Clark) has brought the variant readings in this fascinating document to the fore. Their work reveals that, far from being a late revision, Codex Bezae can be seen as one of the ... Read more
This is the first complete English translation of Luke's Demonstration to Theophilus (the books of Luke and Acts) as found in Codex Bezae. Codex Bezae is a bilingual 4th century Greek-Latin manuscript. In the past it has been viewed as a marginal manuscript witness. However, the pioneering work of Jenny Read-Heimerdinger and Josep Rius-Camps (The Message of Acts in Codex Bezae 4 vols, published by T&T Clark) has brought the variant readings in this fascinating document to the fore. Their work reveals that, far from being a late revision, Codex Bezae can be seen as one of the ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
720
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Number of Pages
720
Place of Publication
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780567438881
SKU
V9780567438881
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About Jenny Read-Heimerdinger
Jenny Read-Heimerdinger is a Research Fellow at the University of Wales, Bangor, UK as well as teaching in universities worldwide as a Visiting Lecturer. Josep Rius-Camps is a Priest of the Diocese of Barcelona and is Emeritus Professor and a Research Fellow at the Facultat de Teologia de Catalunya in Barcelona, Spain.
Reviews for Luke´s Demonstration to Theophilus: The Gospel and the Acts of the Apostles According to Codex Bezae
This book is a welcome showcase displaying and demonstrating the distinctive text of Luke and Acts in the bi-lingual (Greek-Latin) manuscript, Codex Bezae Cantabrigiensis. The contiguity of the Lukan Doppelwerk here emphasises the coherence in language, structure, rhetorical style and theological intentions in these two writings. The accompanying translation into English stays as close as practicable to the Greek and ... Read more