Encountering New Testament manuscripts : a working introduction to textual criticism - Finegan, Jack, 1908-2000 (Grand Rapids, Mich., W.B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1974)
Pt. 1: Ancient writing materials and practices -- On what materials books were written -- In what form books were made -- Some technical details -- Pt. 2: History of textual criticism -- The listing of manuscripts -- The scientific study of the text -- The witnesses -- Pt. 3: Encounter with manuscripts -- A sequence beginning with the oldest known fragment (P52) -- A sequence extending to a relatively early and immediately available fragment (P28) -- A sequence extending from the papyri to the parchments and from the uncials to the miniscules, and grouped by theoretical text types -- Pt. 4: The future task
Includes bibliographical references
Keywords: Bible. -- Criticism, Textual; Bible. -- Criticism, Textual; Bible. -- Manuscripts