Weekly Blog

Today we will wrap this up with two final common errors those copying ancient manuscripts (again, not just the biblical texts – any ancient manuscript).

In these blog posts, we are looking at the transmission of the Biblical texts, and specifically at common errors that were made during the process of copying texts. Last time we looked at the first two common errors – mistaking similar letters, and a wrong division of words. Today we will look at a few more common errors those copying ancient manuscripts (not just the biblical texts – any ancient manuscript).

n these blog posts, we are looking at the transmission of the Biblical texts. Last time we saw that to get copies of the texts, highly skilled individuals had to laboriously make individual copies by hand. The people doing this prior to and during the time of the New Testament were known as scribes. During the history of the Church, this task was eventually taken over by monks. Today we will begin to look at common errors that those copying the texts made.

n these blog posts, we have been looking at how the Bible came about. We have seen this initially happened through the process known as inspiration.

We are have been looking at the idea of the ‘canon of Scripture.‘  This week I am giving the text of a short article by Michael Kruger, who is President of Reformed Theological Seminary at Charlotte. (I graduated from Reformed Theological Seminary’s Washington DC Campus). Dr. Kruger gives a good, brief answer to the false claim that the early church had other books in their canon which were suppressed by a few leaders later on. There is also a link to a video at the end which gives a bit more information.

This week I am giving a copy of an article written by two seminary professors. It covers many of the points we have looked at before, and corrects a number of distortions that can arise by overstating the process involved in how we got our Bible. I hope this is helpful.

Last week I discussed the Paschal Letter of Athanasius in 367AD. Here is that letter in full. I hope it encourages you in your walk!

In these blog posts, we are looking at the development of the New Testament Canon. This week we will look at a very interesting piece of evidence – the Paschal Letter of Athanasius written in 367.

In these blog posts, we are looking at the development of the New Testament Canon. Over the last two posts, we saw evidence from the Muratorian Fragment and the writings of the early Church historian Eusebius. This week we will observe some general trends.

In these blog posts, we are looking at the development of the New Testament Canon. Last week we saw evidence from the Muratorian Fragment. This week we will consider the writings of the early Church historian Eusebius.