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an introduction to Greek palaeography

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An edition of Manuscripts of the Greek Bible (1981)

Manuscripts of the Greek Bible

an introduction to Greek palaeography

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In Manuscripts of the Greek Bible, Professor Metzger provides an authoritative and absorbing account of the palaeography of Greek manuscripts of both the Old and New Testaments. Part One surveys the fundamentals of Greek palaeography. Part Two, the heart of the book, is a collection of forty-five facsimile pages from thirteen manuscripts of the Old Testament and thirty-two manuscripts of the New Testament. After a thorough survey of the fundamentals of Greek palaeograpy, the author discusses many of the distinctive features of biblical manuscripts, such as musical neumes, lectionaries, glosses, commentaries and illuminations. - Publisher.

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English
Pages
150

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Manuscripts of the Greek Bible: an introduction to Greek palaeography
1981, Oxford University Press
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Table of Contents

I. Definition and summary of research.
Definition
The beginnings of palaeography
Modern tools for palaeographic research
II. The Greek alphabet.
The origins of the Greek alphabet
Greek numerals
Offshoots of the Greek alphabet
III. The pronunciation of Greek.
The sounds of Greek letters
Accent, oral and written
IV. The making of ancient books.
The materials of ancient books
The format of ancient books
Pen, ink, and other writing materials
Palimpsests
V. The transcribing of Greek manuscripts.
Scribes and their work
Styles of Greek handwriting
Uncial handwriting
Minuscule handwriting
Abbreviations and symbols
Scriptio continua
Punctuation
VI. Special features of biblical manuscripts.
The Tetragrammaton
Nomina Sacra
Hexaplaric signs
Stichometry and colometry
Superscriptions and subscriptions
Chapter divisions and headings
The Eusebian canon tables
The Euthalian apparatus
Hypotheses
Lectionary equipment
Neumes
Miniatures
Glosses, lexica, onomastica, and commentaries
Appendices.
How to estimate the date of a Greek manuscript
How to collate a Greek manuscript
Statistics relating to the manuscripts of the Greek New Testament

Edition Notes

Bibliography: p. 141-143.
Includes index.

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New York

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
220.4/8
Library of Congress
BS39 .M47, BS39

The Physical Object

Format
Hardcover
Pagination
ix, 150 p.
Number of pages
150
Dimensions
29 x x centimeters

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL4111226M
Internet Archive
manuscriptsgreek00bruc
ISBN 10
0195029240
ISBN 13
9780195029246
LCCN
80026205
OCLC/WorldCat
6943206, 187331050
Library Thing
131375
Goodreads
682345

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