{"id":1030,"date":"2015-06-29T07:58:39","date_gmt":"2015-06-29T07:58:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bartdehrman.com\/?page_id=1030"},"modified":"2024-04-16T00:01:51","modified_gmt":"2024-04-16T00:01:51","slug":"didymus-the-blind-and-the-text-of-the-gospels","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bartehrman.com\/didymus-the-blind-and-the-text-of-the-gospels\/","title":{"rendered":"Didymus the Blind and the Text of the Gospels"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Didymus the Blind and the Text of the Gospels\" data-id=\"4116\" width=\"299\" data-init-width=\"299\" height=\"467\" data-init-height=\"467\" title=\"01-didymus-the-blind\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bartehrman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/01-didymus-the-blind-2.png\" data-width=\"299\" data-height=\"467\" style=\"aspect-ratio: auto 299 \/ 467;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<h2 data-fontsize=\"42\" data-lineheight=\"58.8px\" style=\"--fontSize:42; line-height: 1.4;\">Didymus the Blind and the text of the Gospels&nbsp;<\/h2>\n<h5 data-fontsize=\"18\" data-lineheight=\"25.2px\" style=\"--fontSize:18; line-height: 1.4;\">By Bart D. Ehrman<\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Publisher: Society of Biblical LiteraturePublication Date: January 1986Language: EnglishISBN-10: 1555400841ISBN-13: 978-1555400842Format: Hardcover, 304ppDimensions: 8.6 x 6.3 x 0.7 inches<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"\"><em>Affiliate Disclaimer: We may earn commissions on products you purchase through this page at no additional cost to you. Thank you for supporting our site!<\/em><\/p>\n<h2 data-fontsize=\"22\" data-lineheight=\"30.8px\">PUBLISHER\u2019S DESCRIPTION<\/h2>\n<p>The Gospel quotations and allusions in the writings of the blind monk Didymus of Alexandria are the subject of this inaugural volume in the SBL-sponsored series The New Testament in the Greek Fathers. Ehrman\u2019s painstaking analysis of these recently discovered writings demonstrates the status of the N.T. text in the 4th century Alexandria, as well as\u2014more generally\u2014providing evidence for an assessment of the history of textual transmission. In the course of conducting his study, Ehrman offers significant refinements to the methodologies of textual analysis.<\/p>\n<h2 data-fontsize=\"22\" data-lineheight=\"30.8px\">REVIEWS<\/h2>\n<p>\u201cThe appearance\u2026of a new SBL-sponsored series on \u2018The New Testament in the Greek Fathers\u2026is a significant event. Moreover, if subsequent volumes come anywhere close to the standard of excellence established by Ehrman (now at North Carolina) in this revision of his 1985 Princeton Seminary dissertation, this will become a very important series indeed\u2026[Ehrman\u2019s proposed methodology to determine textual types] is sophisticated, theoretically sound, and in the case of Didymus very effective in demonstrating that he is a strong representative of the \u2018Late Alexandrian\u2019 text\u2026In all, this is a superior piece of work in terms both of the importance of its findings and the potential of its methodological proposals. 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