THE INTERNATIONAL GREEK NEW TESTAMENT PROJECT: A CRITICAL EDITION OF THE GOSPEL OF JOHN

国际希腊语新约项目：约翰福音重要版本

• 批准号: AH/H024875/1
• 负责人: David Parker
• 金额: $ 102.69万
• 依托单位: University of Birmingham
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2010
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2010 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=AH%2FH024875%2F1
• 关键词: INTERNATIONAL; GREEK; NEW; TESTAMENT; PROJECT

The Gospel of John, like all ancient texts, exists in multiple forms. A printed edition has to be carefully compiled from these forms. In early Christianity, changes were made to the text not only by mistake in writing them out by hand, but also intentionally, in order to 'improve' the text. These included grammatical and theological changes, and saving interesting material, even if it did not originally belong to the text (for example, in John the meeting between Jesus and the adulteress in Chapter 8). Other changes include theologically significant passages such as whether one should read 'only begotten God' or 'only begotten Son' in Chapter 1 verse 18. In total there are about 8,000 places of variation between the manuscripts, of which there are almost 2,000. There are also important manuscripts of ancient translations of John into Syriac, Latin, Coptic and other languages, and quotations in early Christian writers down to the fifth century.These differences have to be listed and studied, for us to know what the text of the New Testament is. This is done by making a 'critical edition', which consists of two parts. The first is a critical apparatus, in which are listed all the differences found in the manuscripts and other witnesses. The second is a critical text, which is made by comparing these differences and selecting from them the one most likely to be the oldest.The last reliable major edition was published in 1869, so that a new edition of John is urgently required. Editing a text has to be undertaken at regular intervals, because1. New witnesses are found. Over the past 70 years, many more copies of John have been discovered, and in particular two which were written in about 200 and are the oldest surviving copies of any length (there are also fragments of other manuscripts, each containing parts of a few pages). By contrast, the oldest copies available in 1869 were copied 150 years later, in about 350.2. New methods of evaluating the evidence are discovered. Today the development of computer based tools has led to a revolution in ways of managing and interpreting textual data. Because there is so much evidence that the human mind finds it hard to manage, the computer provides ways for editors to review their own decisions and improve them, while leaving the decisions under human control.Making an edition like this requires technical expertise and specialist resources such as collections of images of manuscript and specially designed software. Today scholars collaborate far more than ever before. This project is part of an edition of the whole New Testament directed by the Institute for New Testament Textual Research in Münster, Germany, called the Editio critica maior ('Larger critical edition').The edition will be used by specialists, including textual researchers, commentators and historians. It will also have an impact on all readers of the Bible, since the text that is made will be used for the two most popular editions of the Greek New Testament. Not only are these editions bought and used by many thousands of people worldwide, they also provide the basis for almost every Bible translation in the world today. As a result, this critical text will for the next few generations be the foundation of the million copies of the Bible sold every year.The edition of John will be made by the International Greek New Testament Project. This project brings together professional scholars and volunteers from various walks of life who study manuscripts and provide information from them. The professional scholars include researchers and research students. The management of this web of volunteers, team projects and individual research and the production of the critical edition requires a management team. This project funds the editorial team who are directing the research and making the edition.If you are interested in finding out more about how you can participate, please go to http://www.igntp.org

约翰福音，像所有的古代文献一样，以多种形式存在。印刷版必须从这些表格中仔细编辑而成。在早期基督教中，对经文的修改不仅是因为手写时的错误，而且是为了“改进”经文。这包括语法和神学上的改变，以及保存有趣的材料，即使这些材料原本不属于文本（例如，在约翰福音第8章中耶稣和奸妇的会面）。其他的变化包括神学上重要的段落，例如在第1章第18节中，我们应该读“独生的神”还是“独生的儿子”。总共有大约8,000个地方的变化之间的手稿，其中有近2000。此外，还有一些重要的手稿，记载了《约翰福音》被译成叙利亚文、拉丁文、科普特文和其他语言的古代译本，以及直到第五世纪早期基督教作家的语录。我们必须列出这些差异并加以研究，这样我们才能知道《新约》的文本是什么。这是通过制作一个“关键版本”来完成的，该版本由两部分组成。首先是一个关键的设备，其中列出了所有的差异，发现在手稿和其他证人。第二种是批判性文本，通过比较这些差异并从中选择最有可能是最古老的文本来制作。最后一个可靠的主要版本于1869年出版，因此迫切需要新版《约翰福音》。编辑文本必须定期进行，因为1。在过去的70年里，人们发现了更多的《约翰福音》抄本，特别是其中两本约200年写成，是现存最古老的抄本（也有其他手稿的碎片，每一本都包含几页的部分）。相比之下，1869年最古老的副本在150年后被复制，大约350.2。发现了评估证据的新方法。今天，基于计算机的工具的发展导致了管理和解释文本数据的方式的革命。因为有太多的证据表明，人类的思维很难管理，计算机为编辑提供了审查和改进自己的决定的方法，同时将决定置于人类的控制之下。制作这样的版本需要技术专长和专业资源，例如收集手稿的图像和专门设计的软件。今天，学者们的合作比以往任何时候都多。这个项目是由德国明斯特的新约圣经文本研究所指导的新约圣经全文版本的一部分，该版本被称为“大批判版”（Editio critica maior）。该版本将被专家使用，包括文本研究者、评论家和历史学家。它也将对所有圣经的读者产生影响，因为所制作的文本将用于希腊文新约圣经的两个最流行的版本。这些版本不仅被全世界成千上万的人购买和使用，它们也为当今世界几乎所有的圣经翻译提供了基础。因此，这一重要文本将在未来几代人中成为每年销售的数百万册圣经的基础。约翰福音的版本将由国际希腊语新约计划制作。该项目汇集了来自各行各业的专业学者和志愿者，他们研究手稿并提供信息。专业学者包括研究人员和研究生。这个由志愿者、团队项目和个人研究组成的网络的管理以及评论版的制作需要一个管理团队。该项目资助指导研究和制作版本的编辑团队。如果您有兴趣了解更多关于如何参与的信息，请访问http://www.igntp.org

项目成果

Le Nouveau Testament en syriaque

叙利亚新约

• 发表时间: 2017
• 作者: A. Juckel

The Gothic Gospel of John and its Text-Critical Character

哥特式约翰福音及其文本批判特征

• 发表时间: 2011
• 作者: Carla Falluomini

The Initial Draft of the Greek Apparatus for The Editio Critica Maior of the John's Gospel

约翰福音希腊文批评主编的初稿

• 发表时间: 2016
• 作者: D.C. Parker

The Gothic Version of the Gospels and Pauline Epistles: Cultural Background, Transmission and Character

哥特式版本的福音书和保罗书信：文化背景、传播和特征

• 发表时间: 2015
• 作者: Carla Falluomini

The New Testament in Antiquity and Byzantium. Traditional and Digital Approaches to its Texts and Editing. A Festschrift for Klaus Wachtel

古代和拜占庭的新约。

• 发表时间: 2019
• 作者: David C Parker