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In der Reihe Arbeiten zur Neutestamentlichen Textforschung (ANTF) publiziert das Institut für Neutestamentliche Textforschung (Münster) seit 1963 grundlegende Untersuchungen und Studien zur Textkritik und Textgeschichte des griechischen Neuen Testaments. Die Reihe versteht sich als Forschungs- und Diskussionsforum und stellt Editionen und Instrumente zur Erforschung und Auswertung der neutestamentlichen Primärüberlieferung und der frühen Übersetzungen bereit.

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Since 1963 the Institute for New Testament Textual Research (Münster) has been publishing pivotal research and studies on textual criticism and textual history of the Greek New Testament in its series Arbeiten zur Neutestamentlichen Textforschung (ANTF). The series provides a research and discussion forum and supplies editions and instruments for researching and evaluating the New Testament in its primary transmission and the early translations.

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David C. Parker is one of the world´s foremost specialists in the study of the New Testament text and of Greek and Latin manuscripts. In addition to editions, monographs and more popular writings, he has published many articles on different aspects of textual criticism. This volume brings together twentyfive of them in a revised and updated version.The collection is divided into three topics. The first deals with manuscript studies. As well as three very different studies of Codex Bezae, there are articles and reports on individual manuscripts and classes of manuscripts and reports on visits to libraries. The second section has the theme of textual criticism. It includes broader studies dealing with the theory of the discipline and more detailed discussions of particular problems, including translations into Latin, techniques for grouping Greek manuscripts, and the comparison of modern editions. The third section contains papers in which Parker has discussed the often overlooked relationship between textual criticism and theology. These studies explore particular textual problems and their wider significance, and cover topics as varied as "Jesus and Textual Criticism", "Calvin´s Biblical Text" and "The Early Tradition of Jesus´ Sayings on Divorce".

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"Manuscripts, Texts, Theology ist eine Fundgrube fur den textkritisch interessierten Leser und eine Herausforderung fur einen jeden, der in diesem Bereich arbeitet, sich in gleicherWeise einer jedenHandschrift mit hoherWertschatzung zu widmen, in der Beobachtung strenge Sorgfalt walten zu lassen und textkritische Schlussfolgerungen mit Umsicht aufzustellen."K. Martin Heide in: Biblische Zeitschrift 2//2010

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