Scribal Habits in Sixth-Century Greek Purple Codices

Elijah Hixson, Ph.D. (2018), University of Edinburgh, is Junior Research Associate in New Testament Text and Language at Tyndale House, Cambridge, where he is working with Dirk Jongkind to produce a textual commentary on the Greek New Testament.

• AcknowledgmentsList of Figures, Plates and TablesAbbreviations1 Introduction to Purple Codices and the 022-023-042 Family1.1 Introduction1.2 Brief Descriptions of 022, 023 and 0421.3 History of Research on the Purple Manuscripts as a Family1.4 Do 022, 023 and 042 Constitute a Family?1.5 Conclusion2 Method and Methodology2.1 Singular Readings Method: A Brief History2.2 Criticisms of the Singular Readings Method2.3 Alternative and Parallel Methods for Assessing Scribal Habits2.4 Method and Modification3 Comparing Scribes: Textual and Paratextual Features Where All Three Manuscripts Are Extant3.1 Introduction3.2 Codex Purpureus Petropolitanus (N 022)3.3 Codex Sinopensis (O 023)3.4 Codex Rossanensis (Σ 042)3.5 Observations on Each Aspect3.6 Preliminary Conclusions about Each ScribeAppendix to Chapter 3: Unique Unit Divisions in 0424 Codex Purpureus Petropolitanus (N 022)4.1 Singular and Family Readings in 0224.2 Deviations from the Exemplar in 0224.3 The Scribe of 022 and the Singular Readings Method5 Codex Sinopensis (O 023)5.1 Singular and Family Readings in 0235.2 Deviations from the Exemplar in 0235.3 The Scribe of 023 and the Singular Readings Method6 The Rossano Gospels (Σ 042)6.1 Singular and Family Readings in 0426.2 Deviations from the Exemplar in 0426.3 The Scribe of 042 and the Singular Readings Method7 Conclusions7.1 The Scribes and Their Exemplar7.2 The Singular Readings Method7.3 Scribes as Editors?7.4 022-023-042 and New Testament Textual Criticism7.5 ConclusionAppendix 1: The Exemplar of 022-023-042Appendix 2: Transcription of 022 in MatthewAppendix 3: Transcription of 023Appendix 4: Transcription of 042 in MatthewAppendix 5: Data for 042, Where Neither 022 nor 023 Is ExtantAppendix 6: Reconstructions of the Structures of 022, 023 and 042Appendix 7: Kephalaia and titloi for Matthew in 022, 023 and 042BibliographyScripture IndexAuthor IndexSubject Index

"This volume will be greatly appreciated by specialists as a model of careful and detailed textual analysis. [...] At the same time, the study is set out clearly and written in an approachable style, meaning that casual readers may also appreciate the quality and value of this book as an example of the best new research in this field." - H.A.G. Houghton, University of Birmingham, in: The Expository Times 131(8) 2020"Hixson’s work is an exceptional piece of textual scholarship and a necessary volume for text-critical libraries worldwide. One cannot image any future work being conducted on the purple codices or the singular readings method without consulting this text. It is the kind of work many academics should desire to produce, and it will make a substantial contribution to its field for many years to come." - Clark R. Bates, University of Birmingham, in: RBL 2022