Wulfila and his context -- The Gothic witnesses to the Gospels and Pauline epistles -- 'Helps for readers' and other codicological features -- Linguistic and stylistic features -- The Greek Vorlage and the transmission of the Gothic text -- A different approach to the problem of the Vorlage
Summary
The Gothic version of the New Testament is the oldest extant writing in a Germanic language and one of the earliest translations from the Greek. This volume offers a re-examination of fundamental questions concerning the historical and cultural context in which the version was prepared, the codicology of the manuscripts, and the value of the Gothic text for the reconstruction of the underlying Greek