John's Gospel: The Coptic Translations of Its Greek Text

by Christian Askeland

This monograph explores the history of the Coptic tradition of John's gospel, considering when these ancient Egyptian witnesses are profitable for determining the earliest readings of their Greek source text. The standard critical edition of the Greek New Testament cites the Coptic versions no fewer than 1,000 times in John's gospel. For these citations, that edition references six dialectally distinct Coptic translations: the Achmimic, Bohairic,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3110281384
• ISBN13: 9783110281385
• Release Date: October 2012
• Publisher: de Gruyter
• Length: 303 Pages
• Weight: 1.33 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"
• Age Range: 22 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary