Studies in Biblical and Patristic Criticism (5-volume set)

Originally published at the turn of the twentieth century under the title Studia Biblica et Ecclesiastica, this five-volume set of requisite essays on formative topics in biblical and patristic criticism has a place in the library of any scholar interested in critical editions. Sometimes addressing the critical edition of a given text for the first time, the essays in this series broke new ground at a period of time when textual criticism itself was still controversial. The student of the history of ideas will find in these volumes essays ranging from philosophical insights to the technical analysis of previously obscure manuscripts. Featuring some of the most prominent names in churchmen-scholars of the day, this set of works proved to be a valuable forum in pushing forward the acceptance of textual criticism of both the Bible and other ancient documents.