This collection of original research papers examines early commentaries on the New Testament and the transmission of the biblical text. Focusing principally on Greek and Latin tradition, it provides new insights into the sources and manuscripts of commentators and catenae.

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Table of contents
- TABLE OF CONTENTS
- List of Contributors
- List of Abbreviations
- Preface
- 1. An Introduction to Greek New Testament Commentaries with a Preliminary Checklist of New Testament Catena Manuscripts
- 2. The Context of Commentary: Non-Biblical Commentary in the Early Christian Period
- 3. Biblical Catenae: Between Philology and History
- 4. Catenae and the Art of Memory
- 5. Parsing Paul: Layout and Sampling Divisions in Pauline Commentaries
- 6. Resurrection Appearances in the Pauline Catenae
- 7. The Reception of Scripture and Exegetical Resources in the Scholia in Apocalypsin (GA 2351)
- 8. Theodoret’s Text of Romans
- 9. Bethania, Bethara, or Bethabara: Fortunatianus of Aquileia and Origen’s Commentary on John, with particular reference to John 1:28
- 10. Ambrose the Appropriator: Borrowed Texts in a New Context in the Commentary on Luke
- 11. Rufinus’ Translation of Origen’s Commentary on Romans
- 12. The Transmission of Florus of Lyons’ Expositio epistolarum beati Pauli apostoli. State of the Art and New Results
- 13. Biblical Quotations in the Gothic Commentary on the Gospel of John (Skeireins)
- 14. An Overview of Research on Bohairic Catena Manuscripts on the Gospels with a Grouping of Arabic and Ethiopic (Gəʿəz) Sources and a Checklist of Manuscripts
- Index of Manuscripts
- Index of Biblical Passages
- Index of Subjects
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