Studies On The Paratextual Features Of Early New Testament Manuscripts

Contents


Preface


List of Figures and Tables


Abbreviations


Contributors





Introduction: Paratextual Features of Early Greek Manuscripts


 Stanley E. Porter, Chris S. Stevens, and David I. Yoon





1 What Is Paratext? In Search of an Elusive Category


 Stanley E. Porter





2 Missing the Point: Modern Punctuation Practice as Authoritative but Possibly Problematic Decision-Making


 Hans Förster





3 Pointers to Persons and Pericopes? A Study of the Intermarginal Signs in Sahidic Manuscripts of the Gospel of John


 Matthias H. O. Schulz





4 But for Me, the Scriptures are Jesus Christ (Ι̅Ϲ̅ Χ̅Ϲ̅; Ign. Phld. 8:2). Creedal Text-Coding and the Early Scribal System of Nomina Sacra


 Tomas Bokedal





5 Segmentation and Interpretation of Early Pauline Manuscripts


 S. Matthew Solomon





6 Can Papyri Correspondence Help Us to Understand Paul’s “Large Letters” in Galatians?


 William Varner





7 The Tradition and Development of the Subscriptions to 1 Timothy


 Tommy Wasserman and Linnea Thorp





8 Second Timothy: When and Where? Text and Traditions in the Subscriptions


 Conrad Thorup Elmelund and Tommy Wasserman





9 Composite Citations in New Testament Greek Manuscripts


 Sean A. Adams and Seth M. Ehorn





10 Titus in P32 and Early Majuscules: Textual Reliability and Scribal Design


 Chris S. Stevens





11 The Scribal Use of Ekthesis as a Paragraph Marker? The Galatians Text in Codex Sinaiticus as a Test Case


 David I. Yoon





12 Miniature Codices in Early Christianity


 Michael J. Kruger





13 Marginalia in New Testament Greek Papyri: Implications for Scribal Practice and Textual Transmission


 Michael P. Theophilos





Conclusion: Paratextual Features: Summary and Prospects


 Stanley E. Porter, Chris S. Stevens, and David I. Yoon