Weekly Blog
Feb 22, 2023
Other than the New Testament, no other ancient documents have such a variety of resources from such an ancient date. This is a great gift God has given to us! But how do scholars approach these texts to determine the original writing God gave to His people?
Before describing how this is done within the Protestant world, let me give a brief note about Eastern Orthodoxy and Roman Catholicism.
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Feb 15, 2023
Today we will conclude by looking at a variety of other important sources that help us determine the original text of the Old Testament.
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Feb 08, 2023
This week we return to a Hebrew text – but one that only contains a small portion of the Old Testament. This important text is known as the Samaritan Pentateuch.
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Feb 01, 2023
One important resource is not in Hebrew or its sister tongue of Aramaic, but rather in Greek. This is the Greek translation of the Old Testament known as the Septuagint.
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Jan 25, 2023
Catechism Question 51: How is the teaching of God’s Word summarized in the Apostles’ Creed?
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Jan 18, 2023
If you were wondering what our church believes, this blog post explains it in detail.
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Jan 11, 2023
The Dead Sea Scrolls (DSS) are generally considered one of the most important archaeological finds of the 20th Century.
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Jan 04, 2023
Over the next few posts, we will look at the most important manuscripts of the Old Testament. We begin with what is generally considered the most important Old Testament text – the Masoretic Text.
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Dec 28, 2022
Today we will look at how scholars try to determine which “reading” is correct (closer to words in the original writing). This is known as textual criticism.
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Dec 21, 2022
Today we will wrap this up with two final common errors those copying ancient manuscripts (again, not just the biblical texts – any ancient manuscript).
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