Part I: The materials for the textual criticism of the New Testament
The making of ancient books
Important witnesses to the text of the New Testament
Part II: the history of the New Testament textual criticism as reflected in printed editions of the Greek Testament
The precritical period : the origin and dominance of the textus receptus
The modern critical period : from Griesbach to the present
Part III: The application of textual criticism to the text of the New Testament
The origins of textual criticism as a scholarly discipline
Modern methods of textual criticism
The causes of error in the transmission of the text of the New Testament
History of the transmission of the text of the New Testament
The practice of New Testament textual criticism.
The text of the New Testament : its transmission, corruption, and restoration by Bruce M. Metzger. ISBN 9780195161229. Published by Oxford University Press in 2005. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.