History of the Pauline Corpus in Texts,

Transmissions and Trajectories

A Textual Analysis of Manuscripts from the Second to the Fifth Century

Author: Chris S. Stevens

In History of the Pauline Corpus in Texts, Transmissions, and Trajectories ,

Chris S. Stevens examines the Greek manuscripts of the Pauline texts from
P46 to Claromontanus. Previous research is often hindered by the lack of a
systematic analysis and an indelicate linguistic methodology. This book
o fers an entirely new analysis of the early life of the Pauline corpus.
Pages: xii, 460 pp.
Departing from traditional approaches, this text-critical work is the rst to
use Systemic Functional Linguistics, which enables both the comparison Language: English
and ranking of textual di ferences across multiple manuscripts. Subjects: New Testament
Furthermore, the analysis is synchronically oriented, so it is non- & Early Christian Writings,
evaluative. The results indicate a highly uniform textual transmission Biblical Studies,
during the early centuries. The systematic analysis challenges previous Codicology, Papyrology &
research regarding text types, Christological scribal alterations, and Philology, Ancient Near
textual trajectories. East and Egypt, Eastern
Christianity, Biblical
Studies, Linguistics,
Ancient Near East and
Egypt
Publisher: Brill

Series: 
Texts and Editions for New
Testament Study, Volume:
14
E-Book (PDF)
Publication date: 15 Jun
2020
ISBN: 978-90-04-42937-6
List price
USD  $158.00

Hardback
Publication date: 18 Jun
2020
ISBN: 978-90-04-42822-5
List price
USD  $158.00
Readership

All interested in the early history of the Pauline corpus regarding its early
circulation and transmissional stability versus uidity.

Biographical Note

Chris S. Stevens, Ph.D. (2019) McMaster Divinity College, is a pastor and

independent researcher. He has published on Greek linguistics, ancient
manuscripts, and Paul.

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