Series: Studies in Theology and Religion (STAR) vol. 8From 4 to 6 January 2001, a three-day international conference on textual criticism took place in Münster. This conference was remarkable for its multi-disciplinary set-up. The speakers included experts in the field of New Testament textual criticism as well as researchers who specialise in preparing critical editions of documents from early-Jewish and rabbinic literature.Text-critical problems concerning the study of early-Christian literature other than the New Testament were also on the conference programme.This book contains most of the papers presented during the conference, but it is not simply a volume containing conference proceedings. The papers have often been thoroughly revised and two articles were added afterwards at the invitation of the editors. There is also a substantial inroduction by the editors. Contributors include Barbara Aland, James Keith Elliott, and Folkert Siegert.From the contentsPart 1 IntroductionPart 2 New Testament and other early Christian Literature1 Der textkritische und textgeschichtliche Nutzen früher Papyri, demonstriert am Johannesevangelium2 Was verändert sich in der Textkritik durch die Beachtung genealogischer Kohärenz?3 The Nature of Western" Readings in Acts: Test-cases4 Zur Bedeutung der koptischen Übersetzungen für Textkritik und Verständnis des Neuen Testaments5 Theodorus Beza and New Testament Conjectural Emendation6 The Editio Critica Maior: One Readers Reactions7 Textkritik in frühchristlicher Literatur ausserhalb des Neuen Testaments: Barn 1,6 als BeispielPart 3 Jewish Literature1 Erfahrungen mit der Münsteraner Josephus-Ausgabe: Ein Werkstattbericht mit Seitenblicken auf griechische Bibelsausgaben2 Zur Edition apokrypher Texte: Am Beispiel des griechischen Lebens Adams und Evas3 Textual Criticism of Late Rabbinic Midrshim: The Example of Aggadat Bereshit"