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From "Original Text" to "Initial Text": The Traditional Goal of New Testament Textual Criticism in Contemporary Discussion

Document Type

Book Chapter

Abstract

This essay focuses on this second set of issues arising out of the current discussion about the meaning and status of the term “original text.” Following a brief introduction to recent discussion, the essay will sketch usage of the term “original text” in the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries, assess proposals for de ning or indicating what it is that NT textual criticism is (or ought to be) attempting to recover, discuss some collateral issues associated with those proposals, and note the larger ideological context of the discussion.

Department(s)

Biblical and Theological Studies

Publication Title

The Text of the New Testament in Contemporary Research

Volume

42

First Page

637

Last Page

688

Publication Date

1-1-2013

DOI

10.1163/9789004236554_024

ISSN

00778842

ISBN

9789004236042

Comments

Part of the New Testament Tools, Studies and Documents Series

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