H-195. Transmission of the Bible from the Beginnings to 1500 - Advance Reading List

• Required

  Please bring your Bible (any edition you have) with you to the course.

• Books Useful to Have for the Course

  Main Readings

  Brown, Michelle. 2006. In the Beginning: Bibles Before the Year 1000. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Books. https://archive.org/details/inbeginningbible0000unse/page/36/mode/2up.

  de Hamel, Christopher. 2005. The Book: A History of the Bible. London: Phaidon. https://archive.org/details/bookhistoryofbib00deha.

  Metzger, Bruce M., and Bart D. Ehrman. 2005. The Text of the New Testament. 4th ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press. https://archive.org/details/TheTextOfNewTestament4thEdit.

  Please Read in Advance for a Warm-up for the Course

  Brown, Michelle. 2006. In the Beginning: Bibles Before the Year 1000. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Books, 4–5. https://archive.org/details/inbeginningbible0000unse/page/36/mode/2up.

  de Hamel, Christopher. 2005. The Book: A History of the Bible. London: Phaidon, vi–x. https://archive.org/details/bookhistoryofbib00deha.

  Anderson, Amy, Wendy Widder, and Douglas Mangum, eds. 2018. Textual Criticism of the Bible. Rev. ed. Bellingham, WA: Lexham Press, chap. 1. https://archive.org/details/amy-anderson-wendy-widder-douglas-mangum-editor-textual-criticism-of-the-bible-r/page/n13/mode/2up.

  Further Readings

  Gamble, Harry Y. 2006. “Bible and Book.” In In the Beginning: Bibles Before the Year 1000, edited by Michelle Brown, 15–35. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Books. https://archive.org/details/inbeginningbible0000unse/page/36/mode/2up.

  Metzger, Bruce M. 1971. A Textual Commentary on the Greek New Testament. London and New York: United Bible Societies, xv–xxv. https://archive.org/details/textualcommentar0000metz.