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Record Nr.

UNINA9910789508303321

Autore

Rius-Camps Josep

Titolo

The message of Acts in Codex Bezae . Volume II [[electronic resource] /] / Josep Rius-Camps and Jenny Read-Heimerdinger

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : T & T Clark, 2006

ISBN

1-283-19551-8

9786613195517

0-567-25312-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (416 p.)

Collana

Library of New Testament studies ; ; 302

T & T Clark library of biblical studies

Altri autori (Persone)

Read-HeimerdingerJenny

Disciplina

226.606

Soggetti

Theology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"A comparison with the Alexandrian tradition".

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Editorial Board; Title; Copyright; CONTENTS; Preface; Abbreviations; GENERAL INTRODUCTION; I. THE EMERGENCE OF THE HELLENISTS: 6.1-8.1 a; II. REMOVING THE OBSTACLES: 8.1b-11.26; III. THE PUBLIC MANIFESTATION OF THE ANTIOCH CHURCH TO JERUSALEM: 11.27-30; IV. THE RELEASE OF THE CHURCH FROM ISRAEL: 12.1-25; Bibliography

Sommario/riassunto

A comparison of the message of Acts transmitted by Codez Bezae with that of the more familiar Alexandrian text, represented by Codex Vaticanus. For each section of Acts, there is a side by side translation of the Bezan and Alexandrian manuscripts, followed by a critical apparatus and, finally, a commentary that explores the differences in the message of the two texts. It is concluded that the Bezan text, with its interest in internal Jewish affairs and its focus on the struggles of the early disciples to free themselves from their traditional Jewish expectations and to achieve, despite their m