Author: David Trobisch
David Trobisch is currently the Throckmorton-Hayes Professor of New Testament Language and Literature at Bangor Theological Seminary in Maine. He has also taught at the University of Heidelberg, Missouri State University, and Yale Divinity School. He is the author of several books, including The First Edition of the New Testament (Oxford University Press, 2000) and Paul’s Collection of Letters: Exploring the Origins (Fortress Press, 1994).
Who Published the New Testament?
In the fall of 2000, Oxford University Press published The First Edition of the New Testament, the English version of my German postdoctoral thesis. In it, I tried to determine when the New Testament was first published. I concentrated my efforts on studying the manuscript tradition. The result was surprising and differed considerably from the …