New Testament Background
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New Testament New Testament Background Background Production and Canon Production and Canon
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New Testament Background. Production and Canon. Contents. Biography History Epistles Apocalypse. P52. John 18:31–33, 37–38 125 AD. Papyrus. Papyrus. P46 200 AD Hebrews 2:5. Uncials/Majuscules. Sinaiticus: Fourth Century www.codexsinaiticus.org. Vaticanus. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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New Testament New Testament BackgroundBackground
Production and CanonProduction and Canon
Contents
❖ Biography
❖ History
❖ Epistles
❖ Apocalypse
P52P52John 18:31–33, 37–38John 18:31–33, 37–38
125 AD125 AD
PapyrusPapyrus
PapyrusPapyrus
P46P46200 AD200 AD
Hebrews 2:5Hebrews 2:5
Uncials/MajusculesUncials/MajusculesSinaiticus: Fourth CenturySinaiticus: Fourth Centurywww.codexsinaiticus.orgwww.codexsinaiticus.org
VaticanusVaticanusMiddle of the Fourth CenturyMiddle of the Fourth Century
MinusculeMinuscule9th –16th centuries9th –16th centuries
Manuscripts - 5700❖ Papyri - (125 to 300 AD) 120
❖ Uncials/Majuscules - (300 to 800 AD) 310
❖ Minuscules - (800 to 1500 AD) 2877
❖ Lectionaries - (500 to 1600) 2432
❖ Versions (100–900 AD)
❖ Citations by Church Fathers (200–500)
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Transcription Errors✤ Unintentional
• Eye
• Ear
✤ Intentional
• Spelling or Grammar
• Historical difficulty
• Harmonizing
• Complements
• Doctrine
Deciding Between Variants
❖ External
• Date and Character of Witness
❖ Internal
• Scribal
• more difficult
• shorter
• Book
• author’s style
• immediate context
Implications for Trusting Scripture
❖ number
❖ time
❖ spread
❖ character
❖ science
Bibliography❖ Aland, Kurt and Barbara Aland. The Text of the New Testament.
Rev. ed. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1989.
❖ Metzger, Bruce M. and Bart D. Ehrman. The Text of the New Testament: Its Transmission, Corruption, and Restoration. 4th ed. Oxford University Press, 2005.
