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The Orthodox Corruption of Scripture: The Effect of Early Christological Controversies on the Text of the New Testament
Bart Ehrman
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Paperback. Num Pages: 416 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRCG; HRCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 16. Weight in Grams: 646.
Victors not only write history: 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" affected the 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 when scribes could transform the documents they reproduced. This edition includes a ... Read more
Victors not only write history: 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" affected the 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 when scribes could transform the documents they reproduced. This edition includes a ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
Number of Pages
416
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780199739783
SKU
V9780199739783
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About Bart Ehrman
Bart Ehrman is James A. Gray Professor and Chair of Religious Studies at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, and the author of two dozen books in the fields of New Testament and Early Christianity.
Reviews for The Orthodox Corruption of Scripture: The Effect of Early Christological Controversies on the Text of the New Testament
a fine summary of Ehrman's developed thinking and concerns, and as such a valuable contribution to the general discourse on the aims, methods, and limitations of textual criticism.
Dirk Jongkind, Churchman
Dirk Jongkind, Churchman