Title
Scribal Habits and Theological Influences in the Apocalypse : the Singular Readings of Sinaiticus, Alexandrinus, and Ephraemi
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Description
Modelled on the respective studies of Ernest C. Colwell and James R. Royse, Juan Hernández Jr. offers a fresh and comprehensive discussion of the Apocalypse's singular readings in Sinaiticus, Alexandrinus, and Ephraemi. Moreover, the singular readings of the Apocalypse are also assessed in light of the work's reception history in the early church. The author shows that the scribes of these three manuscripts omitted more often than they added to their texts, were prone to harmonizing, and, in the case of at least one scribe, made significant theological changes to the fourth century text of the Apocalypse. The author also attempts to integrate the findings of the most recent text-critical research of the Apocalypse with studies of its reception history in the early church. His book is the first systematic study of scribal habits on the Apocalypse that takes seriously the claim that some scribes were making changes to the text of the Apocalypse for theological reasons.
Department(s)
Biblical and Theological Studies
ISBN
9783161491122
Publication Date
2006
Publisher
Mohr Siebeck
City
Tübingen
Keywords
Textual criticism, Biblical criticism, Book of Revelation, New Testament, Scribes
Disciplines
Biblical Studies
Recommended Citation
Hernández, Juan Jr., "Scribal Habits and Theological Influences in the Apocalypse : the Singular Readings of Sinaiticus, Alexandrinus, and Ephraemi" (2006). Faculty Books. 21.
https://spark.bethel.edu/faculty-books/21