@book {3799,
	title = {The Early Versions of the New Testament: Their Origin, Transmission, and Limitations},
	year = {1977},
	publisher = {Oxford University Press},
	organization = {Oxford University Press},
	address = {Oxford},
	abstract = {<p>This book deals with the origin and transmission of all the translations of the New Testament made before about AD 1000, setting them in the historical context of the expansion of Christianity. For each a list is given of the earliest surviving manuscripts and of noteworthy printed editions, and an account follows of the history of the scholarly investigation and textual analysis of that version. An important\&nbsp;feature of the book is the series of discussions of the characteristics of the languages concerned and their bearing on attempts to recover from the versions the readings of the underlying Greek manuscripts.</p>
},
	keywords = {Aramaic Studies Introduction, Bible, Syriac Studies Introduction},
	isbn = {9780198261704},
	author = {Bruce Metzger}
}
