New Testament Text and Translation Commentary
Commentary on the Variant Readings of the Ancient New Testament Manuscripts and How They Relate to the Major English Translations –By Philip W. Comfort
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20174839 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Michael W Holmes, Michael Holmes (0000-0003-1067-5282, Shorter College, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2010 |
| Volume | 36 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 147-147 |
| Publication date | 2010-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Religious Studies Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0319-485X • E-ISSN: 1748-0922 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1748-0922.2010.01427_1.x |
| OpenAlex | W1544312561 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
NEW TESTAMENT TEXT AND TRANSLATION COMMENTARY: COMMENTARY ON THE VARIANT READINGS OF THE ANCIENT NEW TESTAMENT MANUSCRIPTS AND HOW THEY RELATE TO THE MAJOR ENGLISH TRANSLATIONS . By Philip W. Comfort . Carol Stream, IL : Tyndale House , 2008 . Pp . xlii + 899 . $39.99 . Comfort aims to provide a commentary on NT variant readings that affect interpretation and translation (with the emphasis falling more heavily on the latter) accessible to those who read English and those who know some Greek. The introduction offers a nice overview of the principles and practice of NT textual criticism (supplemented by material in the appendices), and a detailed introduction to the book. The main section offers a clear explanation of and comments about individual variation units. His coverage is more extensive than Metzger's well-known Textual Commentary or Omanson's adaptation of it; for Philippians, for example, Metzger comments on twenty-nine variants, whereas Comfort discusses forty-four—a 50 percent increase. Comfort is commendably transparent about his own methodological biases: He places significantly more weight on the earliest manuscript evidence than he does any other sort of evidence and explains why he thinks his approach is justified. Readers will find him either commendably consistent or predictable in his analysis of readings. In a volume such as this, in which every new variant discussed offers opportunity to disagree, inevitably there will be instances where one may think that the author has not quite grasped the solution, but overall, this is a thoughtful and well-executed piece of work. For anyone whose curiosity is piqued by those ubiquitous but often cryptic footnotes in bibles that alert the reader to variations in the manuscripts, this fine volume will offer many answers
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| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,11 |
| Citation span | 2017 - 2017 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |