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No longer written : the use of conjectural emendation in the restoration of the text of the New Testament, the Epistle of James as a case study / by Ryan Donald Wettlaufer.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: New Testament tools, studies and documents ; 44.Publication details: Boston : Brill, 2013.Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9004247831
  • 9789004247833
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: No longer writtenDDC classification:
  • 227/.910486 23
LOC classification:
  • BS2325 .W48 2013
Other classification:
  • online - EBSCO
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Contents:
Machine generated contents note: pt. ONE THEORY -- I. Introduction -- 1. What Is Conjectural Emendation? -- 2. Classical Pedigree -- 3. Reception in New Testament Studies -- II. Rejection -- 1. Survival of the Fittest -- Excursus: CBGM and Manuscript Loss -- 2. Grass Withers -- 3. Late, Great Original Text -- III. Method -- 1. When to Make a Conjecture -- 2. How to Make a Conjecture -- 3. How to Reject a Conjecture -- pt. TWO PRACTICE -- Excursus: Introduction to James as a Case Study -- IV. James 3a -- V. James 4:2 -- VI. James 4:5 -- VII. James 1:1 & 2:1.
Summary: This is an important time for textual criticism of the New Testament. A fundamental re-evaluation is underway of both the purpose of the discipline and the nature of the manuscripts upon which it relies. The place of the controversial method of conjectural emendation is a debate that encompasses both of these issues. In this study, Ryan Wettlaufer explores the theory and practice of the method and then, using the Epistle of James as a case study, argues that conjectural emendation is an important tool that can be used to restore readings which were once found in the original text but now are No Longer Written.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Print version record.

Machine generated contents note: pt. ONE THEORY -- I. Introduction -- 1. What Is Conjectural Emendation? -- 2. Classical Pedigree -- 3. Reception in New Testament Studies -- II. Rejection -- 1. Survival of the Fittest -- Excursus: CBGM and Manuscript Loss -- 2. Grass Withers -- 3. Late, Great Original Text -- III. Method -- 1. When to Make a Conjecture -- 2. How to Make a Conjecture -- 3. How to Reject a Conjecture -- pt. TWO PRACTICE -- Excursus: Introduction to James as a Case Study -- IV. James 3a -- V. James 4:2 -- VI. James 4:5 -- VII. James 1:1 & 2:1.

This is an important time for textual criticism of the New Testament. A fundamental re-evaluation is underway of both the purpose of the discipline and the nature of the manuscripts upon which it relies. The place of the controversial method of conjectural emendation is a debate that encompasses both of these issues. In this study, Ryan Wettlaufer explores the theory and practice of the method and then, using the Epistle of James as a case study, argues that conjectural emendation is an important tool that can be used to restore readings which were once found in the original text but now are No Longer Written.