The Message of Acts in Codex Bezae

A comparison of the message of Acts transmitted by Codez Bezae with that of the more familiar Alexandrian text, represented by Codex Vaticanus. For each section of Acts, there is a side by side translation of the Bezan and Alexandrian manuscripts, followed by a critical apparatus and, finally, a commentary that explores the differences in the message of the two texts. It is concluded that the Bezan text, with its interest in internal Jewish affairs and its focus on the struggles of the early disciples to free themselves from their traditional Jewish expectations and to achieve, despite their mistakes, a more accurate understanding of their master''s teaching, is the earlier of the two texts. LNTS 302 >

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Josep Rius-Camps

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• Authors: Jenny Read-Heimerdinger, Read-Heimerdinger Jenny, Josep Rius-Camps, Rius-Camps Josep
• Publisher: T. & T. Clark Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Release: 26.06.2025
• EAN: 9780567724281
• ISBN: 978-0-567-72428-1
• No. of pages: 416
• Series: The Library of New Testament Studies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity; RELIGION / Biblical Meditations / General, Bible readings, selections & meditations, Bible readings, selections and meditations