Reference

The Text of the New Testament

Reference work on New Testament textual transmission.

Citation

Bruce M. Metzger and Bart D. Ehrman, The Text of the New Testament: Its Transmission, Corruption, and Restoration, 4th ed., Oxford University Press, 2005.

Use

Used for recoverability of the New Testament text and manuscript-transmission context.

Source details

Author: Bruce M. Metzger and Bart D. Ehrman
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Tradition: Textual criticism

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