Weekly Blog
Apr 19, 2023
Today I want to take a quick look at how scholars decide which manuscripts are more likely closer to the original reading of the actual writings of the New Testament. Textual criticism is a complex practice, but there are a few things that we can observe.
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Apr 12, 2023
In recent posts, we have looked at some of the oldest and most important manuscripts of the New Testament. Previously, I had mentioned that there are thousands of fragments and entire manuscripts of the New Testament. Today, I want to briefly look at the fact that these manuscripts are largely contained in two major manuscript families: the Byzantine (or Majority) and the Alexandrian.
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Mar 29, 2023
Last week we looked at Codex Sinaiticus, which I noted was one of the two most important ancient Codices of the New Testaments. Today we will look at the other one – Codex Vaticanus.
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Mar 22, 2023
The first important codex we will look at is the Codex Sinaiticus. It was named this when it came to the attention of scholars in the 19th century at Saint Catherine’s monastery in the Sinai Peninsula.
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Mar 15, 2023
Last week we looked at the rich deposit of New Testament documents available to us. Not all of these are full documents however. Today I want to take a look at a few early important fragments, papyri, and codices that scholars use to try and determine the original text of the New Testament.
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Mar 08, 2023
In recent posts, we looked at how scholars try to determine the original reading of Old Testament texts. Now we will turn to how this is done for the New Testament.
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Mar 01, 2023
Last week we looked at how the Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholic Church view the Old Testament text. In brief, within Eastern Orthodoxy, the Septuagint (LXX) (the Greek translation of the Old Testament) is considered authoritative. Within Roman Catholicism, it is the Vulgate (the Latin translation of the Old Testament) that is considered authoritative.
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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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