The First New Testament: Marcion’s Scriptural Canon

✍ Scribed by Jason David Beduhn

• Publisher: Lightning Source
• Year: 2013
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 403
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

The earliest version of the New Testament, now in English for the first time! History preserves the name of the person responsible for the first New Testament, the circumstances surrounding his work, and even the date he decided to build a textual foundation for his fledgling Christian community. So why do so few people know about him? Jason BeDuhn introduces Marcion, reconstructs his text, and explores his impact on the study of Luke-Acts, the two-source theory, and the Q hypothesis.

✦ Table of Contents

Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii
List of Abbreviations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Chapter 1: Marcion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Chapter 2: Marcion’s New Testament . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Chapter 3: The Evangelion
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
The Evangelion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Text Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Chapter 4: The Apostolikon
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
The Apostolikon
To Galatians . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
To Corinthians 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
To Corinthians 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
To Romans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
To Thessalonians 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
To Thessalonians 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
To Laodiceans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
To Colossians . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
To Philippians . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
To Philemon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Text Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
Chapter Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321
Bibliography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 363
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 383