Anmerkungen:
Includes bibliographical references and index
Beschreibung:
The pen and the sword : apologetic discourse and the text of the New Testament -- Antiquity, harmony, and factual consistency : issues of intellectual integrity -- Jesus : according to the scribes -- Fanatics, fools, and females : scribes in defense of the followers of Jesus -- When quire meets empire : scribal tradition and the Roman state -- The influence of apologetic interests on the text of the Canonical Gospels.