Textual History and Reception History: Exegetical Variation in the Apocalypse

This article explores the possibility of examining reception history within the textual history of the New Testament, focusing on the book of Revelation. Both intentional alterations located in particular manuscripts and reading practices gleaned from slips of scribal performance are indicative of r...

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Published in:Novum Testamentum
Main Author: Allen, Garrick V. 1988- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2017
In: Novum Testamentum
Further subjects:B Apocalypse Codex Sinaiticus exegetical variation 𝔓115 reception history Revelation scribe textual history
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Summary:This article explores the possibility of examining reception history within the textual history of the New Testament, focusing on the book of Revelation. Both intentional alterations located in particular manuscripts and reading practices gleaned from slips of scribal performance are indicative of reception. Attempts to facilitate a certain understanding of a locution constitute acts of reception embedded in Revelation’s early textual history. The article concludes by analysing the social dynamics of the milieus in which exegetical textual alterations were tolerated, suggesting that the work of informal scribal networks provides modern researchers access to evidence for reception.
ISSN:1568-5365
Contains:In: Novum Testamentum
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/15685365-12341568