The Orthodox Corruption of Scripture: The Effect of Early Christological Controversies on the Text of the New Testament - Hardcover

Ehrman, Bart D.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0195080785 ISBN 13: 9780195080780

Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc, 1993

Synopsis

This study explores how early struggles between Christian heresy and orthodoxy affected orthodox scribes of the 2nd and 3rd centuries AD, who occasionally altered their sacred texts for polemical reasons. By making their texts "say" what they were already thought to "mean", these anonymous copyists effected "the orthodox corruption of scripture".

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"In sum, this book is a fine work of scholarship --innovative, judicious, alert, attentive both to its overarching argument and to the supportive details. . . Ehrman's work is provocative and should give rise to further reflection. I believe it will make a significant contribution to scholarship in both New Testament and early Christian history for a long time to come." --Church History"This detailed, carefully argued, and thoroughly documented study should be purchased for collections serving faculty and graduate students in New Testament studies and church history."--Choice"Written in a clear and interesting style."--The Princeton Seminary Bulletin"Ehrman's study is well written....This book will be useful for senior seminars and beginning graduate students."--The Journal of Religion"Ehrman's is a good book, and one which deserves the attention of scholars"--Reviews in Religion and Theology"[Ehrman's] arguments throughout deserve our att "This detailed, carefully argued, and thoroughly documented study should be purchased for collections serving faculty and graduate students in New Testament studies and church history."--Choice"Written in a clear and interesting style."--The Princeton Seminary Bulletin"Ehrman's study is well written....This book will be useful for senior seminars and beginning graduate students."--The Journal of Religion"Ehrman's is a good book, and one which deserves the attention of scholars"--Reviews in Religion and Theology"[Ehrman's] arguments throughout deserve our attention; they are frequently compelling....Clearly set out and persuasively presented....Variants that treat of Christ's person and function must from now on always be considered with reference to Ehrman's thesis."--Novum Testamentum"This book is highly recommended as an excellent work of scholarship that is of great importance in the development of New Testament studies. Here is a new voice that addresses som "This detailed, carefully argued, and thoroughly documented study should be purchased for collections serving faculty and graduate students in New Testament studies and church history."--Choice "Written in a clear and interesting style."--The Princeton Seminary Bulletin "Ehrman's study is well written....This book will be useful for senior seminars and beginning graduate students."--The Journal of Religion "Ehrman's is a good book, and one which deserves the attention of scholars"--Reviews in Religion and Theology "[Ehrman's] arguments throughout deserve our attention; they are frequently compelling....Clearly set out and persuasively presented....Variants that treat of Christ's person and function must from now on always be considered with reference to Ehrman's thesis."--Novum Testamentum "This book is highly recommended as an excellent work of scholarship that is of great importance in the development of New Testament studies. Here is a new voice that addresses some of the central theological and historical issues."--Journal of Theological Studies "Bart D. Ehrman has written a book which will stimulate the casual reader and intrigue the academic or professional reader of the New Testament....An excellent work and definitely invaluable for lay or scholars."--Anglican Theological Review "This is a fascinating book, which deserves a wide readership....I thoroughly recommend this book for its textual and theological interest and for its readability."--Irish Theological Quarterly "[A] detailed and carefully documented study."--Religious Studies Review "This is a book well worth reading. The New Testament scholar will find in it an excellent study oftextual criticism, systematically organized under the rubric of scribal Tendenzen. The systematic theologian as well as the student of early Christian thought will find in it an excellent expose of the fashion in which conviction colors the way in which one reads the tradition."--Journal of Early Christian Studies "This detailed, carefully argued, and thoroughly documented study should be purchased for collections serving faculty and graduate students in New Testament studies and church history."--Choice "Written in a clear and interesting style."--The Princeton Seminary Bulletin "Ehrman's study is well written....This book will be useful for senior seminars and beginning graduate students."--The Journal of Religion "Ehrman's is a good book, and one which deserves the attention of scholars"--Reviews in Religion and Theology "[Ehrman's] arguments throughout deserve our attention; they are frequently compelling....Clearly set out and persuasively presented....Variants that treat of Christ's person and function must from now on always be considered with reference to Ehrman's thesis."--Novum Testamentum "This book is highly recommended as an excellent work of scholarship that is of great importance in the development of New Testament studies. Here is a new voice that addresses some of the central theological and historical issues."--Journal of Theological Studies "Bart D. Ehrman has written a book which will stimulate the casual reader and intrigue the academic or professional reader of the New Testament....An excellent work and definitely invaluable for lay or scholars."--Anglican Theological Review "This is a fascinating book, which deserves a wide readership....I thoroughly recommend this book for its textual and theological interest and for its readability."--Irish Theological Quarterly "[A] detailed and carefully documented study."--Religious Studies Review "This is a book well worth reading. The NewTestament scholar will find in it an excellent study of textual criticism, systematically organized under the rubric of scribal Tendenzen. The systematic theologian as well as the student of early Christian thought will find in it an excellent expose of the fashion in which conviction colors the way in which one reads the tradition."--Journal of Early Christian Studies "This detailed, carefully argued, and thoroughly documented study should be purchased for collections serving faculty and graduate students in New Testament studies and church history."--Choice"Written in a clear and interesting style."--The Princeton Seminary Bulletin"Ehrman's study is well written....This book will be useful for senior seminars and beginning graduate students."--The Journal of Religion"Ehrman's is a good book, and one which deserves the attention of scholars"--Reviews in Religion and Theology"[Ehrman's] arguments throughout deserve our attention; they are frequently compelling....Clearly set out and persuasively presented....Variants that treat of Christ's person and function must from now on always be considered with reference to Ehrman's thesis."--Novum Testamentum"This book is highly recommended as an excellent work of scholarship that is of great importance in the development of New Testament studies. Here is a new voice that addresses some of the central theological and historical issues."--Journal of Theological Studies"Bart D. Ehrman has written a book which will stimulate the casual reader and intrigue the academic or professional reader of the New Testament....An excellent work and definitely invaluable for lay or scholars."--Anglican Theological Review"This is a fascinating book, which deserves a wide readership....I thoroughly recommend this book for its textual and theological interest and for its readability."--Irish Theological Quarterly"[A] detailed and carefully documented study."--Religious Studies Review"This is a book well worth reading. The New Testament scholar will find in it an excellent study of textualcriticism, systematically organized under the rubric of scribal Tendenzen. The systematic theologian as well as the student of early Christian thought will find in it an excellent expose ofthe fashion in which conviction colors the way in which one reads the tradition."--Journal of Early Christian Studies

About the Author:

Bart Ehrman is James A. Gray Professor and Chair of Religious Studies at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, and the author of two dozen books in the fields of New Testament and Early Christianity.

About this edition

• Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc
• Publication date: 1993
• ISBN 10: 0195080785
• ISBN 13: 9780195080780
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 327