How We Got the New Testament – Text, Transmission, Translation

Stanley E. Porter (PhD, University of Sheffield) is president, dean, and professor of New Testament at McMaster Divinity College in Hamilton, Ontario. A prolific scholar, he has authored or edited dozens of books, including Fundamentals of New Testament Greek.

• ContentsIntroduction1. The Text of the New TestamentIntroductionIs There a Text of the Greek New Testament? Or, What Is theGoal of Textual Criticism?The History of the Printed Greek Text of the New TestamentBart Ehrman and Misquoting JesusEclectic or Single Manuscript?Conclusion2. The Transmission of the New TestamentIntroductionThe Manuscripts of the Greek New TestamentA Reconstructed History of the Transmission of the GreekNew Testament before the Major CodexesThe Major CodexesMinuscules and LectionariesA Proposal regarding Textual Transmission of the GreekNew TestamentConclusion3. The Translation of the New TestamentIntroductionThe History of Translation of the New TestamentMajor Issues in Translation of the New TestamentConclusionConclusionIndexes