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Title

Richard Simon critical history of the text of the New Testament : wherein is established the truth of the acts on which the Christian religion is based / translated, introduced, and annotated by Andrew Hunwick.

Author

Simon, Richard, 1638-1712.

Publication

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2013.

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Additional Authors

Hunwick, Andrew.

Description

xxxvi, 368 pages; 25 cm

Summary

In this book, 17th century Oratorian Richard Simon (1638-1712), 'father' of modern biblical criticism, surveys the genuineness, accuracy, authority, and reliability of all then known sources of the New Testament. He makes rigorous, objective, and expert use of a staggering quantity of material relating to the text-Greek and Latin manuscripts, early versions, quotations from the Old Testament in the New, from the Church Fathers and other commentators of all periods. Though in his day Simon was contradicted, opposed, persecuted, and silenced, it is precisely because, three centuries ago, he dared to be different, and because of his knowledge and his scrupulously "scientific" approach, that his work deserves to reach a wider audience.

Series Statement

New Testament tools, studies and documents, 0077-8842 ; v. 43

Uniform Title

• Histoire critique du texte du Nouveau Testament. English
• New Testament tools, studies and documents ; v. 43.

Alternative Title

• Histoire critique du texte du Nouveau Testament.
• Critical history of the text of the New Testament

Subjects

• Bible > New Testament
• Textkritik
• Textkritik > historia
• 1600-talet
• Bible > New Testament > Criticism, Textual > History > 17th century
• 1600 - 1699
• Bibeln > N.T
• Criticism, interpretation, etc
• Neues Testament
• History

Genre/Form

• Criticism, interpretation, etc.
• History.

Note

• Includes index.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Richard Simon (1638-1712) : sketch of life and career -- Disproof of early heretics' arguments against the validity of the books in the New Testament : remarks on the premise applied by church fathers to prove the books' genuineness -- Titles heading the Gospels and other books in the New Testament : whether the titles are by the authors of those books or whether they were added -- Books published in the name of Jesus Christ and the Apostles : of several forgeries by early heretics : remarks on this whole question -- The first fathers did not produce the originals of the New Testament in their disputes with heretics : discussion of evidence used to show that churches retained such originals -- The books of the New Testament starting with the Gospel of St Matthew : the original of this Gospel was written in the Hebrew spoken by the Jews in Jerusalem at that time : rejoinder to reasons contrary to this view -- In the time of Jesus Christ and the Apostles, Jews in the area of Jerusalem spoke Chaldaic or Syriac : Mr Voss's arguments against this view : clarification of problems pertaining to this question -- The Nazarene sect and their Hebrew or Chaldaic version of the Gospel of St Matthew -- The Ebionites : their version of the Gospel of St Matthew : other early heretics who used this Gospel -- The Greek text of St Matthew : its status : comparison with the Hebrew or Chaldaic text : rejoinders to heretics' objections to this Gospel -- The dates and order of the Gospels : Greek manuscript copies of St Mark cited in this regard : his Gospel generally believed to be the second : his role as St Peter's interpreter -- In which language did St Mark write his Gospel? : the last twelve verses of his Gospel are lacking in several Greek manuscripts -- The Gospel of St Luke : what made him publish it, given the existence of two others published before his : of Marcion and his text of the Gospel of St Luke : the Catholics also made some alterations to this Gospel -- The Gospel of St John : heretics by whom it was rejected : their reasons : response to those reasons : discussion of the twelve verses from this Gospel which are absent from some early manuscripts : several Greek manuscripts cited to overcome this difficulty : critics who falsely believed that the final chapter of this Gospel is not by St John -- Acts of the Apostles as accepted within the church : acts ascribed to other apostles are of doubtful authenticity -- St Paul's Epistles in general : Marcion and his text of those epistles : forged letters ascribed to St Paul -- The Epistle to the Hebrews : is it by St. Paul, and is it canonical? : views of the early Eastern and Western churches : views on this epistle from more recent times -- The Catholic or Canonical Epistles in general and in detail : clarification of problems pertaining thereto -- Exegetic discussion of 1John 5:7, not present in most Greek manuscripts or other Western texts, nor in the earliest Latin manuscripts : the preface to the Canonical Epistles ascribed to St Jerome in certain Latin Bibles is not by him : the impossibility of proving that the text of St Cyprian contained the self-same passage from the First Epistle of St John -- Revelation : early views on this book : heretics who rejected it : their reasons : discussion of their reasons : leamed Catholics in the early church also ascribed it to Cerinthus : modern views on this book -- Objections raised to the books of the New Testament by the Jews and other enemies of the Christian religion : did the Evangelists and the Apostles use the Greek Septuagint when quoting the Old Testament? : St Jerome's view on the matter : his misplaced preference for the Jewish Hebrew text over the Septuagint -- Discussion of further doubts about the books of the New Testament : part of the Evangelists' and Apostles' interpretative method was to apply passages of the Old Testament to the Messiah, a common Jewish practice : this, and an accepted Jewish tradition, provide the only possible explanation for various words having a wider meaning in the New Testament than the Old -- Analysis of various Old Testament passages seemingly quoted by the Apostles in an incorrect sense : verification of criticisms made of their writings : establishment of basic principles for refuting the Jews and the Emperor Julian -- Were the books in the New Testament inspired? : refutation of the opinions of Grotius and Spinoza : Cardinal Du Perron's mistaken explanation of the words referring to inspiration in 2 Timothy 3:16 : quarrel on the subject of inspiration between the Jesuits and the theologians of Louvain : three Jesuits' propositions condemned by the doctors of Louvain and Douai : defence of the propositions against their censuring by those theologians -- Analysis of the arguments put forward by Louvain and Douai scholars in censuring the propositions of the Louvain Jesuits concerning scriptural inspiration : one leamed Paris theologian's highly independent view of the matter -- Spinoza's arguments against inspiration in the books of the New Testament -- The Evangelists' and Apostles' styles : views held on this subject by modern writers and early church scholars, followed by critical observations -- The Hellenistic language : is there such a thing? : most disagreements on the matter are purely nominal : the arguments adduced by Claude Saumaise to disprove the existence of this language serve rather to substantiate it : the Greek in the New Testament can be described as "Synagogical" Greek : the Hellenistic Jews, like all other Jews, used the Hebrew Bible in their congregations -- A fuller discussion of Saumaise's arguments against the "Hellenistic" language, with incidental explanations of various problems pertaining to the subject -- Overall view of Greek manuscripts, including sources already mentioned : compilations of the diverse readings found in those manuscripts : observations on New Testament exegesis in general : heretics wrongly accused of corrupting the New Testament text -- Greek manuscripts of the New Testament : the oldest surviving manuscripts were the work of Latin writers, intended for use in their communities : printed versions came from the Greek churches : the Old Latin text used in Western churches before St Jerome was based on early manuscripts containing inaccuracies : the Cambridge manuscript, and why it differs so markedly from other Greek sources -- The second part of the Cambridge manuscript, containing the Epistles of St Paul : examples of the variant readings it presents : exegetic observations -- Other Greek manuscript sources of the New Testament : variants contained in those manuscripts, with critical observations -- Presentation and appearance of Greek New Testament manuscripts : separating of verses, chapters, and other textual elements : the canons appended to the Gospels by Eusebius, and their use.

Call Number

JFE 16-3988

ISBN

• 9789004244207
• 9004244204
• 9004244212
• 9789004244214
• 9789004244214 (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

2012044189

OCLC

820787151

Author

Simon, Richard, 1638-1712.

Title

Richard Simon critical history of the text of the New Testament : wherein is established the truth of the acts on which the Christian religion is based / translated, introduced, and annotated by Andrew Hunwick.

Publisher

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2013.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

New Testament tools, studies and documents, 0077-8842 ; v. 43

New Testament tools, studies and documents ; v. 43.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Chronological Term

1600 - 1699

1600-talet

Added Author

Hunwick, Andrew.

Research Call Number

JFE 16-3988