This biannual course is taught on years 2014-2015, 2016-2017, ...
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The course intends to be an initiation to the textual criticism of the biblical texts. particulary the Greek New Testament.
The theoretical part is divided into four chapters. The first one presents the materials : the Greek manuscripts (papyri, uncial manuscripts, minuscule manuscripts, lectionaries), the ancient versions (especially in Latin, Syriac, Coptic, Gothic, Armenian ans Georgian) and patristic quotations. The second chapter focuses on the method (verbal criticism, external criticism, internal criticism, the eclectic method). The third presents the history of the manuscript tradition (in particular the four recensions of the Greek text). The last is devoted to the printed editions and to current projects of editing texts of the New Testament.
In the practical part we analyze a series of variants essentially taken from the Gospel of Mark.
A minimal knowledge of the greek is required. A syllabus about the theoretical part will be given at the participants.
