For more than twenty-five years the standard account of the compilationand transmission of the New Testament, this text offers a comprehensive surveyof ancient and newly-discovered manuscripts, and considers both the science andart of textual criticism as applied to the interpretation of manuscripts.Containing references to more than 150 additional books and articles dealingwith Greek manuscripts, early versions, and critical studies of witnesses to thetext of the New Testament, it covers a variety of textual problems and providesan objective account of the several schools of textual methodology. The thirdedition describes advances in textual criticism of the New Testament since 1964.The Text of the New Testament, 3/e remains a definitive resource for courses inbiblical studies and the history of Christianity.