TC: A Journal of Biblical Textual Criticism:
Volume 11 (2006)

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Editorials and General Information for Readers

Obituary: J. Neville Birdsall

Articles

Wayne C. Kannaday, "Are Your Intentions Honorable?": Apologetic Interests and the Scribal Revision of Jesus in the Canonical Gospels

Abstract: Scribes working with New Testament MSS sometimes left "fingerprints" on the text that betray their particular theological interests, many of which were apologetic in nature.

Jan Krans, NA²⁷ in SESB 1.0: A First Look

Abstract: The Stuttgart Elecronic Study Bible is a groundbreaking electronic publication. It contains the most widely used scholarly biblical texts, BHS and NA, as well as their critical apparatuses. In this extensive review article, Krans focuses on NA²⁷, especially its critical apparatus, though he frequently draws BHS and its apparatus into the discussion as well. He asks this question: What are the possibilities, surprises, limitations, and future prospects of the implementation of NA²⁷ in SESB 1.0?

One of the goals of TC: A Journal of Biblical Textual Criticism is to provide informative and timely reviews of books in the field of biblical textual criticism. Anyone who would like to suggest a book for review or who would like to volunteer to be a reviewer may contact the TC book review editor, Tobias Nicklas (t.nicklas@theo.ru.nl) or the general editor, James R. Adair (jadair@reltech.org).

J. W. Childers and D. C. Parker, eds., Transmission and Reception: New Testament Text-Critical and Exegetical Studies (Tobias Nicklas, reviewer)

Chiara Nucci, ed., Pseudo Cipriano, Il Gioco dei dadi: Introduzione, testo, traduzione e commento. (Mauro Pesce, reviewer)

Josep Rius-Camps and Jenny Read-Heimerdinger, The Message of Acts in Codex Bezae: A Comparison with the Alexandrian Tradition. Vol. 1: Acts 1.1-5.42: Jerusalem. (Tobias Nicklas, reviewer)

Peter Fiedler, Das Matthäusevangelium. (Tobias Nicklas, reviewer)

Albert Vanhoye, Structure and Message of the Epistle to the Hebrews (Vasilije Vranic, reviewer)