The Greek Gospel Kephalaia: A Diachronic Study with Critical Editions and Translations

The Greek Gospel kephalaia are a type of text division, first attested in Late Antiquity, which divide the Gospels into sequential sections based around themes and events from the text. Each section is associated with a brief summary (or titlos); these titloi are placed in lists before each Gospel and as running titles in the margins.

This book traces the development of the kephalaia, which soon became a permanent fixture of Byzantine Gospelbooks alongside other systems of Gospel text divis...