The Text of the Apostolos in Athanasius of Alexandria

by Gerald J Donker

Overview

This text-critical study of the Apostolos (all of the New Testament apart from the Gospels) of the fourth-century Greek father Athanasius of Alexandria has two aims in view: one analytical and one methodological. An initial review of Athanasius’s life and writings and a survey of the Alexandrian text-type precede an analysis of Athanasius’s text to determine its classification within the major New Testament text-types, and particularly its suspected Alexandrian character. The book also compares the results of methods traditionally used on the texts of the fathers with the use of an alternative and advanced method, multivariate analysis. Unlike quantitative and group profile analyses, multivariate analysis utilizes not just a single dimension but the full dimensionality of the source data.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781589835504
Publisher:	Society of Biblical Literature
Publication date:	06/08/2011
Series:	New Testament in the Greek Fathers
Pages:	392
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.87(d)

About the Author

Gerald J. Donker is Academic Dean, Gideon Theological College, Melut, Upper Nile State, Southern Sudan.

Table of Contents

Introduction
1 Athanasius of Alexandria and His Writings
2 Athanasius and the Text of the Apostolos
3 The Apostolos of Athanasius: Text and Apparatus
4 The Methodology of Textual Analysis
5 Quantitative Analysis
6 Group Profile Analysis
7 Statistical and Multivariate Analysis
8 Conclusion Appendix A Tables Appendix B Figures Appendix C References for the Book of Acts: Ernest–Donker Appendix D The Apostolos of Athanasius in the Critical Apparatus of NA27 and UBS4
Bibliography