tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17859011.post6505327336310120834..comments2024-03-28T15:48:18.205+00:00Comments on Evangelical Textual Criticism: New Book: Parker and Manuscripts and TextsP.J. Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04388225485348300613noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17859011.post-59074681406584248102008-07-17T20:47:00.000+01:002008-07-17T20:47:00.000+01:00Have received the book, too! From a first glance, ...Have received the book, too! <BR/>From a first glance, I like it a lot! <BR/>His asking of questions and not answering them, admitting how little we know ... <BR/>This will make a great holiday reading.Wieland Willkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02376942788228063430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17859011.post-68698830175598408532008-07-15T13:59:00.000+01:002008-07-15T13:59:00.000+01:00Uargh!And the images are Flash sh*t. You cannot do...Uargh!<BR/>And the images are Flash sh*t. <BR/>You cannot download them. <BR/><BR/>I HATE THIS! <BR/><BR/>Please, David, add a link where one can download the images as JPG!Wieland Willkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02376942788228063430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17859011.post-52421669809549201292008-07-15T11:54:00.000+01:002008-07-15T11:54:00.000+01:00I would say this is a post-basic book - although a...I would say this is a post-basic book - although at the same time it doesn't easily 'fit' above any other more basic undergraduate text-book. On the back it says it is a 'handbook for scholars and students'. For me it is the ideal text for my MPhil course. It is a book for researchers and potential researchers in the field. <BR/><BR/>For example, it has a chapter on practical skills in studying manuscripts; it has extended treatments of how to get the most out of Tischendorf's 8th, but nothing on how to use NA27 (except for a reminder not to ignore all the appendices). It nowhere addresses how students can approach textual criticism when dealing with variant readings in NA27 (or UBS4). [This is what students need for exams in our place.] But it tells scholars to always check two or three editions, to use more than one Synopsis, how to set out a digital edition etc. etc.<BR/><BR/>My inclination at the moment for undergraduates would be to continue to recommend Ehrman-Metzger as a readable basic course, with more history and more (traditional) method. With Parker's review in JTS and this book as a signpost to where things may be heading. And Aland & Aland as better on the use of the hand editions. And Parker's Living Text if the Gospels were a focus - that seems to me to be aimed at a more basic market.Peter M. Headhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03379103292621457026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17859011.post-48545024763925259332008-07-14T20:40:00.000+01:002008-07-14T20:40:00.000+01:00But..."Will provide an excellent guide for those a...But...<BR/><BR/>"Will provide an excellent guide for those approaching New Testament textual criticism for the first time."<BR/><BR/>Is it a book for beginners? I hate to spend money if it is rehashing the same stuff I've been reading for 20 years.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17859011.post-47683847917996301592008-07-14T12:22:00.000+01:002008-07-14T12:22:00.000+01:00Also he plugs our blog! On p. 187.Also he plugs our blog! On p. 187.Peter M. Headhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03379103292621457026noreply@blogger.com