The Text of Matthew in the Writings of Basil of Caesarea

by Jean-Franïoise Racine

Overview

Basil (ca. 330-379) was a prolific writer and quoted extensively from the New Testament, says Racine (New Testament, Jesuit School of Theology, Berkeley), and so his work provides excellent evidence for which texts of the New Testament were in common use in Cappadocia during the fourth century, especially when analyzed in conjunction with the quota

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781589831162
Publisher:	Society of Biblical Literature
Publication date:	02/02/2004
Series:	New Testament in the Greek Fathers
Pages:	444
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.99(d)

About the Author

Jean-François Racine, Ph.D. in Theological/Biblical Studies-New Testament, University of St. Michael's College, is Assistant Professor of New Testament at the Jesuit School of Theology at Berkeley, California, USA.

Table of Contents

	List of Tables	ix
	Editor's Preface	xi
	Acknowledgments	xiii
	List of Abbreviations	xv
	Introduction: The Need for Investigating Basil of Caesarea's Quotations of Matthew	1
Chapter 1	Basil of Caesarea, Theologian, Ascetic and Bishop	7
Chapter 2	Introduction to the Critical Apparatus	27
Chapter 3	The Text of the First Gospel in Basil	37
Chapter 4	Data Analysis	239
Chapter 5	Peculiarities of Basil's Quotations of the Gospel of Matthew	271
	Conclusion	349
Appendix A	Uncertain Quotations	353
Appendix B	Quotations from de baptismo	371
Appendix C	Basil's Text of Matthew in the Apparatus of NA[superscript 27] and UBS[superscript 4]	391
	Bibliography	407