Origin of New Testement Manuscripts

[Zimm3r]

Currently I am trying to compile the places of origin for early manuscripts (papyrus, uncials, and minuscules.

For the papyrus I just parsed off where they were found on wikipedia and most is egypt but for the uncials it seems many where moved so the found isn’t necessarily where they originated,
Currently this is what I have for uncials docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AoRAwM8p_K_BdGd5MXc4dVhwdXFCa2hDcEpYU2c5SUE

Why?
The reason why is this; if we can establish a when and where we can see the progression for example if there was a early manuscript of Matthew in Britain in the third century then we have early attestation of their reliability as there wouldn’t be much time for legend to develop and get to britain by the third century; it also helps with solidifying the dates of them.
(Please note I that was an example I highly highly highly doubt one made it to Britain in less then 200 years!)

 

[Michael_Mayo]

This might help a bit.
Serach inside the book and read what you can of the introduction.

amazon.com/Textual-Commentary-Testament-Ancient-Edition/dp/1598561642#_

During the early centuries of the expansion of the Christian church, what are called “local texts’ of the New Testament gradually developed. Newly established congregations in and near a large city, such as Alexandria, Antioch, Constantinople, Carthage, or Rome, were provided with copies of the Scriptures in the from which was current in that area. As additional copies were made, the number of special readings and renderings would be both conserved and, to some extent, increased, so that eventually a type of text grew up which was more or less peculiar to that locality. Today it is possible to identify the type of text preserved in the New Testament manuscripts by comparing their characteristic readings with the quotations of those passages in the writings of Church Fathers who lived in or near the chief ecclesiastical center.

At the same time the distinctiveness of a local text tended to become diluted and mixed with other types of text. A manuscript of the Gospel of mark copied in Alexandria, for example, and taken later to Rome would doubtless influence to some extent copyists transcribing the form of the text of Mark heretofore current in Rome. On the whole, however, during the earliest centuries the tendencies to develop and preserve a particular type of text prevailed over the tendencies leading to a mixture of texts. Thus there grew up several distinctive kinds of New Testament text, the most important of which are the following.

Thus we have the Alexandrian text, Western text, Caesarean text, Byzantine text, etc.

 

[Zimm3r]

This might help a bit.
Serach inside the book and read what you can of the introduction.

amazon.com/Textual-Commentary-Testament-Ancient-Edition/dp/1598561642#_

During the early centuries of the expansion of the Christian church, what are called “local texts’ of the New Testament gradually developed. Newly established congregations in and near a large city, such as Alexandria, Antioch, Constantinople, Carthage, or Rome, were provided with copies of the Scriptures in the from which was current in that area. As additional copies were made, the number of special readings and renderings would be both conserved and, to some extent, increased, so that eventually a type of text grew up which was more or less peculiar to that locality. Today it is possible to identify the type of text preserved in the New Testament manuscripts by comparing their characteristic readings with the quotations of those passages in the writings of Church Fathers who lived in or near the chief ecclesiastical center.

At the same time the distinctiveness of a local text tended to become diluted and mixed with other types of text. A manuscript of the Gospel of mark copied in Alexandria, for example, and taken later to Rome would doubtless influence to some extent copyists transcribing the form of the text of Mark heretofore current in Rome. On the whole, however, during the earliest centuries the tendencies to develop and preserve a particular type of text prevailed over the tendencies leading to a mixture of texts. Thus there grew up several distinctive kinds of New Testament text, the most important of which are the following.

Thus we have the Alexandrian text, Western text, Caesarean text, Byzantine text, etc.

Thanks so much I read about them and ran into those text types I figured it had something to do with the cities thanks for filling me in! Also thanks for the book recommendation always helpful

 

[Michael_Mayo]

Thanks so much I read about them and ran into those text types I figured it had something to do with the cities thanks for filling me in! Also thanks for the book recommendation always helpful

You are welcome. So are you really interested in text criticism? That is what that particular book is all about down to almost each word. A little too detailed for me. I wish I could loan it to you.

 

[Zimm3r]

You are welcome. So are you really interested in text criticism? That is what that particular book is all about down to almost each word. A little too detailed for me. I wish I could loan it to you.

Right now I am trying to get a history of it and the manuscripts but also textual criticism gives another analysis which is extremely important (example of “thou shall no kill” or “thou shall kill” only difference is the no but very different meaning; words matter).

Right now I am focussing on 1 Corinthians 15:3-8 and the burial accounts and maybe Acts as those give most of the resurrection (it is easy to show he was alive and crucified it accepted by most NT scholars; it is after that especially with little secular sources compared to the crucifixion)

 

[_Abyssinia]

Discovered fragment found with in the last few days has been found of Romans

Screenshot



Video

edition.cnn.com/video/?/video/bestoftv/2012/01/18/nr-hobby-lobby-religious-artifacts.cnn

 

[_Abyssinia]

Discovered fragment found with in the last few days has been found of Romans

edition.cnn.com/video/?/video/bestoftv/2012/01/18/nr-hobby-lobby-religious-artifacts.cnn

zwingliusredivivus.wordpress.com/2012/12/04/cnn-get-some-scholars-to-help-you-please-cnn-and-the-newly-discovered-fragment-of-romans

Screenshot

 

[Zimm3r]

Discovered fragment found with in the last few days has been found of Romans

edition.cnn.com/video/?/video/bestoftv/2012/01/18/nr-hobby-lobby-religious-artifacts.cnn

zwingliusredivivus.wordpress.com/2012/12/04/cnn-get-some-scholars-to-help-you-please-cnn-and-the-newly-discovered-fragment-of-romans

Screenshot

http://zwingliusredivivus.files.wordpress.com/2012/12/cnn_romans.jpg?w=869

Thanks for the link I tried to find a database of all these but the closest is Wikipedia which doesn’t always have the newest ones.