Recent research on the text of the Psalms and Gospels in Greek and in certain versions, principally Coptic, Georgian and Armenian, reveals common characteristics when attempting to separate later editions of a text from its earliest forms. The essays in this collection give concrete examples of the issues involved and suggested explanations for textual changes. Les versions anciennes de la Bible ont un interet majeur dans la mesure ou elles traduisent un modele qui n'est pas celui des traductions modernes et conservent ainsi des formes textuelles disparues, souvent tres anciennes. C'est en...