Textual Criticism Syllabus
This semester I am teaching my PhD seminar in precisely the topic I've been discussing for the past number of weeks, New Testament textual criticism. Here, for your reading pleasure, is the syllabus for the class. Reli 809: New Testament Textual Criticism Instructor: Bart D. Ehrman University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Fall 2015 Course Description This class focuses on one of the foundational disciplines of biblical studies. New Testament textual criticism has experienced a significant resurgence over the past twenty years or so, as scholars have begun, again, to recognize its importance for exegesis, theology, and the history of Christianity, and have realized, contrary to general perception, how much of real significance is yet to be done in the field. Your work for this seminar will assume sundry forms. A substantial portion of it will be devoted to the study of a significant textual problem, on which you will write a term paper. The basic task, of course, is to establish the earliest form of the text. But [...]