pt. 1: General and historical overview --; Textual criticism of the New Testament / Fee --; Decision points in past, present, and future New Testament textual criticism / Epp --; pt. 2: Definitions --; Toward the clarification of the term "textual variant" /Epp --; On the types, classification, and presentation of textual variation / Fee --; pt. 3: Critique of current theory and method --; The twentieth-century interlude in New Testament textual criticism / Epp --; A continuing interlude in New Testament textual criticism? / Epp --; Rigorous or reasoned eclecticism--which? / Fee --; The eclectic method in New Testament textual criticism : solution or symptom? / Epp --; Modern textual criticism and the Synoptic problem : on the problem of harmonization in the Gospels / Fee --; The majority text and the original text of the New Testament / Fee --; pt. 4: Establishing textual relationships --; The Claremont profile method for grouping New Testament minuscule manuscripts / Epp --; Codex Sinaiticus in the Gospel of John : a contribution to methodology in establishing textual relationships / Fee --; pt. 5: Papyri and text-critical method --; P⁷⁵, P⁶⁶, and Origen : the myth of early textual recension in Alexandria / Fee --; The significance of the papyri for determining the nature of the New Testament text in the second century : a dynamic view of textual transmission / Epp --; pt. 6: Method and use of patristic evidence --; The text of John in Origen and Cyril of Alexandria : a contribution to methodology in the recovery and analysis of patristic citations / Fee --; The text of John in The Jerusalem Bible : a critique of the use of patristic citations in New Testament textual criticism / Fee --; The use of Greek patristic citations in New Testament textual criticism : the state of the question / Fee.
The seventeen studies in this volume provide a presentation and assessment of past and current methods applied to the New Testament text. Coauthors Epp and Fee offer an introductory survey of the whole field of New Testament textual criticism, followed by sections of essays on these topics: definitions of key terms; critiques of current theory and method; methods of establishing textual relationships; studies of the papyri with respect to text-critical method; and guidelines for the use of patristic evidence. --From publisher's description.