EXC 2060 C3-21 - Theorie of Variation on the basis of an open digital edition of the Greek New Testament

Keywords: Religion; Poltics; Variant formation; New Testament
Period: 2019 – 2025
Status: In Process
Funding Source: DFG - Cluster of Excellence
Project Number: EXC 2060/1

Description
The Institute for New Testament Textual Research (INTF) has developed the research portal called the New Testament Virtual Manuscript Room (NTVMR), which is the world's largest digital archive of New Testament manuscripts and transcriptions. A pioneering new development in textual criticism is the Coherence-Based Genealogical Method (CBGM), which will also be integrated in the NTVMR in the future. The CBGM moves from an assessment of the genealogy of textual variants to a genealogy of the textual witnesses that transmitted the variants. A quantitative analysis of the variants and their witnesses leads to a nuanced view of the relationships between witnesses. An important goal of the CBGM is to reconstruct the “Ausgangstext,” that is the initial text. On this basis, an open digital edition will become a reality, enabling users outside of the INTF to ask their own questions of the complete manuscript tradition, which will be fully accessible for the first time. This is not yet possible since the NTVMR was not originally designed to be an interactive platform. In the future, users will be able to select an interactive set of manuscripts and display different variants. Users will be able to then make their own textual decisions and calculate their significance for the entire tradition. With an open digital edition, it is possible for the first time to examine textual-historical tendencies in the manuscript tradition. The primary aim of the project is to formulate a new theory of variant formation in the transmission of the New Testament.
Persons
- Dr. Troy Andrew Griffitts, PhD, MDiv, BSc
  Institute for New Testament Textual Research
  Pferdegasse 1
  48143 Münster
  Cluster of Excellence "Religion and Politics"
  Johannisstr. 1
  48143 Münster
  scribe@crosswire.org
- Dr. phil. Katrin Maria Landefeld
  Professur für Patristik und neutestamentliche Textforschung (Prof. Strutwolf)>
  Pferdegasse 1
  48143 Münster
  Cluster of Excellence "Religion and Politics"
  Johannisstr. 1, room 107
  48143 Münster
  T: +49 251 83-23274
  katrin.landefeld@uni-muenster.de
- Prof. (apl.) Dr. Ulrich Schmid
  Institute for New Testament Textual Research
  Pferdegasse 1
  48143 Münster
  Cluster of Excellence "Religion and Politics"
  Johannisstr. 1
  48143 Münster
  u.b.schmid@uni-muenster.de
- Professor Dr. Holger Strutwolf, Mag. theol.
  Professur für Patristik und neutestamentliche Textforschung (Prof. Strutwolf)>
  Pferdegasse 1
  48143 Münster
  T: +49251 83-25202
  strutw@uni-muenster.de
  Abteilung für christliche Archäologie und Geschichte der kirchlichen Kunst
  Universitätsstr. 13-17
  48143 Münster
  Centre for Eastern Mediterranean History and Culture
  Universitätsstr. 13-17
  48143 Münster
  Cluster of Excellence "Religion and Politics"
  Johannisstr. 1
  48143 Münster
Edition of Primary Sources (Monograph)
- Strutwolf, Holger, Gäbel, Georg, Hüffmeier, Annette, and Lakmann und Klaus Wachtel., Marie-Luise. 2021. Novum Testamentum Graecum. Editio Critica Maior,Bd. I,2: Das Markusevangelium, hrsg. von Holger Strutwolf, Georg Gäbel, Annette Hüffmeier, Marie-Luise Lakmann und Klaus Wachtel. Teil 1: Text, Teil 2: Begleitende Materialien, Teil 3: Studienband, Stuttgart 2021.. Stuttgart: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft.

EXC 2060 C3-21 - Theorie of Variation on the basis of an open digital edition of the Greek New Testament

Description

Persons

Edition of Primary Sources (Monograph)