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Greek and Latin Transcript of Bezae Codex [Beza Codex, Codex Bezae, Codex Beza]: Includes English Introduction

AUTHOR Scrivener, Fredric H. a.
PUBLISHER Independently Published (08/30/2024)
PRODUCT TYPE Hardcover (Hardcover)

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BEZAE CODEX CANTABRIGIENSIS


This book contains a complete transcript of the Greek and Latin Text of the Bezae Codex, as well as an extensive introduction in English.


From the introduction: "The Greek text... we believe to bear distinct traces of an origin far more remote. Itself immediately derived from a manuscript... [of which the origin] would most likely belong to the third century at the latest. In respect, moreover, to its rare and peculiar readings, the close resemblance of Codex Bezae to the text of the Syriac versions (with which it could hardly have been compared later than the second century), and to that of the Old Latin, yet unrevised by Jerome, as employed by Cyprian and Augustine in Africa, by the translator of Irenaeus, by Hilary and Lucifer and Ambrose in the North-west, - such resemblance (far too constant to be the result of chance) persuades us to regard with the deepest interest this venerable monument of Christian learning..."

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ISBN-13: 9781923341203
ISBN-10: 1923341200
Binding: Hardback or Cased Book (Sewn)
Content Language: Greek, Ancient (to 1453)
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Page Count: 524
Carton Quantity: 7
Product Dimensions: 8.50 x 1.13 x 11.00 inches
Weight: 3.28 pound(s)
Country of Origin: US
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BEZAE CODEX CANTABRIGIENSIS


This book contains a complete transcript of the Greek and Latin Text of the Bezae Codex, as well as an extensive introduction in English.


From the introduction: "The Greek text... we believe to bear distinct traces of an origin far more remote. Itself immediately derived from a manuscript... [of which the origin] would most likely belong to the third century at the latest. In respect, moreover, to its rare and peculiar readings, the close resemblance of Codex Bezae to the text of the Syriac versions (with which it could hardly have been compared later than the second century), and to that of the Old Latin, yet unrevised by Jerome, as employed by Cyprian and Augustine in Africa, by the translator of Irenaeus, by Hilary and Lucifer and Ambrose in the North-west, - such resemblance (far too constant to be the result of chance) persuades us to regard with the deepest interest this venerable monument of Christian learning..."

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