Rethinking New Testament Textual Criticism
New Testament textual criticism is an important but often overlooked field of study.  Results drawn from textual studies bear important consequences for interpreting the New Testament and cannot be ignored by serious students of Scripture. This book introduces current issues in New Testament textual criticism and surveys the various methods used to determine the original text among variant readings.This collection of essays represents the best of current scholarship and provides an excellent introduction to the field of New Testament textual criticism. ìRethinking New Testament Textual Criticism is based on a symposium where E. J. Epp, M. W. Holmes, J. K. Elliott, and M. A. Robinson made presentations of foundational issues that arise from current approaches to New Testament textual transmission. Especially noteworthy is the closing response, in which MoisÈs Silva offers a lively and forthright defense of the traditional task that confronts all textual critics. Readers of this book will be challenged and instructed in the art and science of textual criticism.î óBruce M. Metzger, Princeton Theological Seminary ìAn important ëturn of the centuryí contribution to New Testament textual criticism, this book addresses questions of methodology and allows proponents to speak for themselves and to one another. This book should serve as a useful introduction to the major issue in the field. I am glad to commend it.î óGordon Fee, Regent College David Alan Black (D. Theol., University of Basel) is professor of New Testament and Greek at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. He is the author of numerous books, including Itís Still Greek to Me.