The Greek Gospel Kephalaia

<p>The Greek Gospel <em>kephalaia</em> are a type of text division, first attested in Late Antiquity, which divide the Gospels into sequential sections based around themes and events from the text. Each section is associated with a brief summary (or <em>titlos</em>); these titloi are placed in lists before each Gospel and as running titles in the margins.</p> <p>This book traces the development of the <em>kephalaia</em>, which soon became a permanent fixture of Byzantine Gospelbooks alongside other systems of Gospel text divisions, notably the Eusebian sections. It also studies how different aspects of the <em>kephalaia</em> (such as their usefulness as a concordance) became prominent later in the tradition, as well as their influence on and interaction with both other paratexts and other types of literary works. It further examines the <em>kephalaia’s</em> reception, both in the later Byzantine period and in the West, a subject largely omitted from previous studies.</p> <p>Through editions and translations, this study offers a broad picture of the development of this key Gospel paratext from the fifth-century Codex Alexandrinus to Erasmus and beyond.</p>