The text of the New Testament; its transmission, corruption, and restoration /
by Bruce M. Metzger.
- Second edition.
- ix, 281 pages : illustrations.
Includes bibliographical references.
The making of ancient books -- Important witnesses to the text of the New Testament -- The pre-critical period : the origin and dominance of the Textus Receptus -- The modern critical period : from Griesbach to the present -- The origins of textual criticism as a scholarly discipline -- Modern methods of textual criticism -- The causes of error in the transmission of the text of the New Testament -- The practice of New Testament textual criticism.