Numerals in early Greek New Testament manuscripts : text-critical, scribal, and theological studies

Numerals in early Greek New Testament manuscripts : text-critical, scribal, and theological studies / Zachary J. Cole.

In 'Numerals in Early Greek New Testament Manuscripts', Zachary J. Cole provides the first in-depth examination of the seemingly obscure, yet important topic: how early Christian scribes wrote numbers and why. While scholars have long been aware that Christian scribes occasionally used num...

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Main Author: Cole, Zachary J. (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2017.
Series:New Testament tools, studies and documents ; v. 53.
Subjects:
Bible. > New Testament > Criticism, Textual.
Bible. > New Testament > Manuscripts > History.
Bible. > New Testament
Numbers in the Bible.
Manuscripts, Greek.
RELIGION > Biblical Studies > New Testament.
Manuscripts
Manuscripts, Greek
Numbers in the Bible
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
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Table of Contents:
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgements
  • Abbreviations
  • List of Figures
  • List of Tables
  • Chapter 1 Introduction
  • 1.1 Why Numerals?
  • 1.2 Greek Alphabetic Numerals
  • 1.3 Method, Scope, and Limitations
  • 1.4 Chapter Previews
  • Chapter 2 History of Research
  • 2.1 Manuscripts as Artifacts
  • 2.2 Numerals in New Testament Research
  • 2.3 Numerals Outside the New Testament
  • 2.4 Conclusion
  • Part 1 The Data
  • Chapter 3 Internal Profiles of Papyri
  • 3.1 Introduction
  • 3.2 Major Papyri
  • 3.3 Minor Papyri
  • 3.4 Observations and Summary
  • 3.5 ConclusionChapter 4 Internal Profiles of Majuscules
  • 4.1 Major Majuscules
  • 4.2 Minor Majuscules
  • 4.3 Observations and Summary
  • 4.4 Conclusion
  • Part 2 Studies
  • Chapter 5 External Analysis: Selected Comparisons
  • 5.1 Introduction
  • 5.2 Manuscript Selections
  • 5.3 Manuscripts of Matthew
  • 5.4 Manuscripts of Mark
  • 5.5 Manuscripts of Luke
  • 5.6 Manuscripts of John
  • 5.7 Manuscripts of Acts
  • 5.8 Pauline Epistles
  • 5.9 Manuscripts of Revelation
  • 5.10 Conclusion
  • Chapter 6 Numerals in Manuscripts of the Greek Old Testament
  • 6.1 Introduction6.2 Criteria for Determining Jewish or Christian Origins
  • 6.3 Method
  • 6.4 Manuscripts of Jewish Origin
  • 6.5 Manuscripts of Christian Origin
  • 6.6 Manuscripts of Disputed Origin
  • 6.7 Synthesis and Implications
  • 6.8 Conclusion
  • Chapter 7 Theological Orthography and the Possibility of Numeri Sacri
  • 7.1 Introduction
  • 7.2 â#x80;#x9C;Twelveâ#x80;#x9D;
  • 7.3 â#x80;#x9C;Eighteenâ#x80;#x9D;
  • 7.4 â#x80;#x9C;Ninety-Nineâ#x80;#x9D;
  • 7.5 â#x80;#x9C;Fourteenâ#x80;#x9D;
  • 7.6 666/616
  • 7.7 â#x80;#x9C;Fortyâ#x80;#x9D;
  • 7.8 Conclusion
  • Chapter 8 Numerals and the Mechanics of Public Reading
  • 8.1 Introduction8.2 The Avoidance of Abbreviations of the Number â#x80;#x9C;Oneâ#x80;#x9D;
  • 8.3 The Avoidance of Abbreviations of Ordinal Numbers
  • 8.4 The Avoidance of Abbreviations of Inflected Forms
  • 8.5 The Avoidance of Abbreviations of Values in the Thousands
  • 8.6 The Latin Text of Bezae
  • 8.7 Implications
  • 8.8 Conclusion
  • Chapter 9 Concluding Thoughts
  • 9.1 Textual Transmission
  • 9.2 Individual Manuscripts
  • 9.3 Scribes
  • 9.4 Early Christian Sociology and Theology
  • Bibliography
  • Index of Authors
  • Index of Subjects
  • Index of Manuscripts

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