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Author Clarke, Kent D.

Title Textual optimism : a critique of the United Bible Societies' Greek New Testament / Kent D. Clarke.

Publication Info. Sheffield, England : Sheffield Academic Press, [1997]
©1997

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Description 1 online resource (350 pages).
Greeks language
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Journal for the study of the New Testament. Supplement series ; 138
Journal for the study of the New Testament. Supplement series ; 138.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 341-347) and indexes.
Summary Clarke offers an important study of the standard text of the New Testament that is in the hands of every new Testament scholar. He compares the five editions to appear since 1966, focusing upon the textual apparatus and the A, B, C and D evaluation of evidence letter-ratings. Clarke presents the evidence of extensive 'grade inflation' in the fourth edition, implying a much higher degree of certainty than previous editions had accepted. He claims that the editors have not only been inconsistent and overly optimistic in their modifications, but have also failed to provide readers with an adequat.
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Contents Cover; Editorial Board; Title; Copyright; CONTENTS; Acknowledgments; List of Charts, Tables and Lists; Abbreviations; Introduction; Chapter 1 THE HISTORY OF THE UNITED BIBLE SOCIETIES'' GREEK NEW TESTAMENT; Chapter 2 A STATISTICAL PRESENTATION OF THE UBSGNT; Chapter 3 AN EVALUATION OF TWO SPECIFIC TEXT-CRITICAL PROBLEMS IN THE UBSGNT4; Conclusion; Appendices; Bibliography; Index of References; Index of Authors.
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Subject Bible. New Testament. Greek -- Criticism, Textual.
Bible. New Testament.
Criticism, Textual.
Bible. New Testament. Greek. United Bible Societies. 1993.
Bible.
Bible. New Testament. Greek. United Bible Societies. 1993 -- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Alliance biblique universelle.
Bible. New Testament. Grec -- Versions.
Bible. New Testament.
Alliance biblique universelle.
Bible. New Testament -- Versions grecques -- Critique, interprétation, etc.
Weltbund der Bibelgesellschaften.
Neues Testament.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Other Form: Print version: Clarke, Kent D. Textual optimism. Sheffield, England : Sheffield Academic Press, ©1997 185075649X (DLC) 97149822 (OCoLC)36656922
ISBN 9780567016775 (electronic book)
0567016773 (electronic book)
1283192055
9781283192057
185075649X
9781850756491