Yesterday (October 16, 2012), we had an exciting symposium here in Amsterdam, entitled The Text of the New Testament Today. It was a symposium in honour of Prof. em. Tjitze Baarda on the occasion of his eightieth birthday and celebrating the publication of the New ‘Nestle-Aland’ (NA-28). The symposium was organised by the Amsterdam Centre of New Testament Studies (ACNTS) in cooperation with the Institut für Neutestamentliche Textforschung (Münster). We were very privileged to have Prof. Barbara Aland and Dr Klaus Wachtel in our midst, as well as a number of outstanding New Testament colleagues from the Netherlands.
The first part of the meeting (chaired by Dr Arie Zwiep) was on our
department’s project on Conjectural Emendation. Dr Jan Krans introduced us into
the world of Conjectural Criticism in a presentation entitled “Rückblick und Ausblick. Konjekturalkritik im Nestle und Nestle-Aland
(1898 bis heute)”.
Prof. Bert
Jan Lietaert Peerbolte then lectured on Friedrich Blass’ attempt to restyle
Matthew 23:8-10, and Drs Bart
Kamphuis presented part of his work for this project under the title “Straatman,
the Silenced Women and the Resurrection: The Curious Origin of the Conjectured
Omission of 1 Cor. 14:34-35”.
The second part of the meeting (chaired by Prof. Martin de Boer) was on the
new Nestle-Aland (NA-28). Dr Wachtel introduced us to the ins and outs of the
new edition and Prof. Aland shared some personal memories of her work with the
Committee members (most of them no longer among us), and expressed her gratitude
for the scholarly work of Tjitze Baarda and their longstanding friendship. She
presented the first copy (not really the first, of course) of NA-28 to Baarda
as a token of appreciation. NA-28 has made its entry into the Netherlands!
Tolle, lege!!
Arie Zwiep (ACNTS, VU University)
[Two images added, Jan Krans, 18/10/2012]
