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Tables of Contents for Encountering New Testament Manuscripts
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Acknowledgments
4
1
Preface
5
6
List of Illustrations
11
2
List of Abbreviations
13
2
Signs
15
4
Ancient Writing Materials and Practices
On What Materials Books Were Written
Introduction § 1
19
1
Papyrus §§ 2-7
19
4
Parchment §§ 8-11
23
4
In What Form Books Were Made
Introduction § 12
27
1
The Roll §§ 13-14
27
1
The Codex §§ 15-17
28
2
Some Technical Details
Quire and Folio § 18
30
1
Recto and Verso § 19
30
1
Column and Ruling § 20
30
1
Opisthograph and Palimpsest § 21
31
1
Pen and Ink § 22
31
1
Uncial and Minuscule § 23
31
1
Punctuation and Abbreviation §§ 24-25
32
1
Sections, Canons, and Lections §§ 26-30
33
3
Prologues and Colophons §§ 31-35
36
3
Stichometry and Euthaliana §§ 36-46
39
6
Paleography § 47
45
4
History of Textual Criticism
The Listing of Manuscripts
Introduction § 48
49
1
Wettstein and Tischendorf §§ 49-50
49
1
Gregory and His Successors §§ 51-54
50
2
von Soden § 55
52
2
The Scientific Study of the Text
The Problem of Textual Variants §§ 56-58
54
1
The Establishment of the Textus Receptus §§ 59-65
55
4
The Development of a Critical Approach §§ 66-72
59
4
Modern Critical Editions §§ 73-81
63
7
The Recognition of Text Types and the Evaluation of Textual Variants §§ 82-88
70
6
The Witnesses
Introduction § 89
76
1
Papyri § 90
76
1
Parchment Uncials § 91
77
2
Minuscules § 92
79
1
Lectionaries § 93
80
1
Versions § 94
80
1
Church Fathers § 95
81
3
Encounter with Manuscripts
Introduction § 96
84
1
A Sequence Beginning with the Oldest Known Fragment (p 52)
Papyrus Rylands Greek 457 (p 52) §§ 97-106
85
5
Papyrus Bodmer II (p 66) §§ 107-110
90
4
Papyrus Colt 4 (p 60) §§ 111-115
94
7
A Sequence Extending to a Relatively Early and Immediately Available Fragment (p 28)
Papyrus Bodmer II (p 66) §§ 116-119
101
3
Papyrus Bodmer XV (p 75) §§ 120-122
104
3
Pacific School of Religion Papyrus 2 (p 28) §§ 123-125
107
4
A Sequence Extending from the Papyri to the Parchments, and from the Uncials to the Minuscules, and Grouped by Theoretical Text Types
Introduction § 126
111
1
Proto-Alexandrian Witnesses
Papyri
Papyrus Bodmer II (p 66) §§ 127-130
112
6
Papyrus Bodmer XV (p 75) §§ 131-138
118
9
Parchments
Codex Vaticanus (B) §§ 139-145
127
5
Western Witnesses
Codex Sinaiticus (x) §§ 146-159
132
9
Codex Bezae (D) §§ 160-164
141
3
Codex Washingtonensis (W) §§ 165-171
144
6
Koine or Byzantine Witnesses
Parchments
Codex Alexandrinus (A) §§ 172-178
150
5
Codex 666 §§ 179-182
155
6
Paper
Codex 1345 §§ 183-186
161
2
Lectionaries, Versions, and Church Fathers
Lectionaries § 187
163
1
Versions §§ 188-191
164
1
Church Fathers §§ 192-200
165
5
Text Critical Conclusions
Jn 1:3-4 §§ 201-209
170
4
Jn 1:18 §§ 210-217
174
5
The Future Task §§ 218-226
179
10
Appendix: A Table of the Letters of the Greek Alphabet as Written in Several of the Oldest New Testament Papyri
189
2
Index of Scriptural References
191
2
Index of Greek Words
193
2
General Index
195