Bezan Text of Acts : a Contribution of Discourse Analysis to Textual Criticism.

The Bezan ('Western') text of Acts is traditionally dismissed as the work of an enthusiastic and fanciful scribe who embellished the original text represented by the Alexandran manuscripts. This study compares the language of Codex Bezae with that of Codex Sinaiticus and Codex Vaticanus, u...

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Main Author: Read-Heimerdinger, Jenny
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Continuum International Pub. Group, 2003.
Series:Library of New Testament studies.
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