Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of illustrations
- Foreword to the English translation by J. K. Elliott
- Translator's preface
- Foreword to the first French edition
- Preface to the second French edition
- List of abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1 THE SOURCES OF TEXTUAL CRITICISM
- 2 THE METHOD OF TEXTUAL CRITICISM
- 3 THE HISTORY OF THE WRITTEN TEXT
- 4 THE HISTORY AND THE FUTURE OF THE PRINTED TEXT
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- Index of modern authors and editors
- Index of ancient authors
- Index of individual manuscripts cited
- General index
Translator's preface
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 24 November 2009
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of illustrations
- Foreword to the English translation by J. K. Elliott
- Translator's preface
- Foreword to the first French edition
- Preface to the second French edition
- List of abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1 THE SOURCES OF TEXTUAL CRITICISM
- 2 THE METHOD OF TEXTUAL CRITICISM
- 3 THE HISTORY OF THE WRITTEN TEXT
- 4 THE HISTORY AND THE FUTURE OF THE PRINTED TEXT
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- Index of modern authors and editors
- Index of ancient authors
- Index of individual manuscripts cited
- General index
Summary
This English translation of the second edition of Léon Vaganay's Initiation à la critique textuelle du Nouveau Testament, revised and updated by Christian-Bernard Amphoux, carries some further modifications made by the reviser and the translator, with the agreement of Les Editions du Cerf. These modifications concern, in particular, the first chapter, where the type of text has been added to the description of the manuscripts, and the Bibliography, which has been considerably amplified and re-arranged. Much help and advice has been gratefully received from Professor J. N. Birdsall whose extensive knowledge and soundness of scholarship have been greatly appreciated in the revisions he proposed on reading the French original. Dr. J. K. Elliott's skilful expertise has been equally valuable. Many thanks are due to him for writing the Foreword to this English edition; and for his patient and thorough reading of the translation and for the amendments he suggested. His encouragement throughout has been highly valued.
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- An Introduction to New Testament Textual Criticism , pp. xvii - xviiiPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1991