The Muratorian Fragment: Text, Translation, Commentary

This volume provides an introduction, critical edition, and English translation of the Muratorian Fragment, addressing authorship, date, provenance, and sources. It analyzes the text's language, composition, genre, and possible functions with reference to scholarly positions and findings from the eighteenth century to the present. A line-by-line philological commentary highlights literary, philosophical, and religious aspects, making it of interest to scholars of the New Testament and early Christian literature, canon emergence, and Latin Medieval West historians.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 482 pages
Publication date: 19 April 2022
Publisher: JCB Mohr (Paul Siebeck)

This comprehensive volume presents an introduction, critical edition, and new English translation of the Muratorian Fragment. In addition to delving into issues of authorship, dating, provenance, and sources, Clare K. Rothschild conducts a meticulous analysis of the text's language, composition, genre, and potential functions, drawing upon a vast array of scholarly perspectives and findings spanning from the eighteenth century to the present. She also explores its place within the eclectic eighth-century Muratorian Codex (Ambr. I 101 sup.). A line-by-line philological commentary highlights the literary, philosophical, and religious dimensions of the individual traditions represented. This study holds significant appeal to scholars engaged in the study of the New Testament and early Christian literature, as well as experts in the canon's emergence and historians of the Latin Medieval West.

Weight: 711g
ISBN-13: 9783161611742