Constantine Tischendorf
Subtitle: the life and work of a 19th century Bible hunter, including Constantine Tischendorf's When were our Gospels written?
By: Stanley E. Porter
Contributors: Tischendorf, Constantin von, 1815-1874
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Published: 2015
Place of publication: London, UK; New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 190
ISBN-13: 9780567658012; 9780567658029; 9780567658036; 9780567658005
Copyright date: 2015
Subjects: RELIGION; Biblical Studies; Biblical scholars; History & Culture; Biography; General
Description: Constantin von Tischendorf was a pioneer. He existed in an age when biblical studies as we know it was being formed, when the quest for forgotten manuscripts and lost treasures was being undertaken with no less zeal and intrigue than it is today. It was Tischendorf who found, and preserved, the oldest extant version of the complete bible that we know of, the so-called Codex Sinaiticus, which he discovered in poor condition at St Catherine's Monastery at the foot of Mount Sinai, in 1846. With the discovery of the Codex Tischendorf, and others, was to take the study of biblical texts further than ever before, through linguistic methods, and attention to the most ancient sources available. In many ways Tischendorf was a father figure of the modern historical critical method. In this short biography, Stanley E. Porter, himself one of the most respected scholars of the New Testament and Koine Greek currently writing, gives a portrait of Tischendorf's life and work, together with an annotated republication of Tischendorf's influential work on the Gospels. Published to celebrate Tischendorf's bicentenary, in 2015, this volume will be a must for those seeking to understand how the study of biblical manuscripts began, and to understand the man who discovered the oldest version of the bible as we know it.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Part One :; title: Introduction and context; title: The life of Constantine Tischendorf; title: The work of Constantine Tischendorf; title: Conclusion; title: Part Two :; title: An introduction to Constantine Tischendorf's When Were Our Gospels Written?; title: When were our gospels written / Constantine Tischendorf; title: Translator's preface; title: Introductory narrative of the discovery of the Sinaitic manuscript; title: Chapter I. Ecclesiastical Testimony; title: Chapter II. The Testimony of Heretics and Heathen During the Second Century; title: Chapter III. Apocryphal Literature; title: Chapter IV. Testimony of Apostolic Fathers : Barnabas and Papias; title: Chapter V. Manuscripts and Versions of the Second Century.