Hat tip to Shaun , who directed me to the fact that Ben Witherington blogged on each chapter of Bart’s book back when it came out, some years ago. The first of the series is here . I post this even though it’s well after the fact because I get a lot of...
Text Criticism & Canon
Review of Important New Scholarly Book on Matthew
The most recent issue of Themelios, the academic journal of the Gospel Coalition, contains a review of Matthew’s Theological Grammar: The Father and the Son. This is an important work that argues that “προσκυνέω [proskuneō] in Matthew means worship and...
Peter Gurry Interview: How Do We Know We Have an Accurate Copy of the New Testament?
We’ve interviewed Peter Gurry before on the Naked Bible podcast, and I’ve blogged some of his posts over at the Evangelical Textual Criticism blog. Peter is a bona fide New Testament textual critic, so he’s a good authority for the question posed in...
Assessing Bart Ehrman’s Logic on the Unreliability of New Testament Textual Transmission
Peter Gurry of the Evangelical Textual Criticism blog has a concise, clear-headed response to some of the ways Bart Ehrman defends the thesis that the textual transmission of the Greek New Testament wasn’t very reliable: “Evaluating Ehrman’s Comparative...
Ancient Origins Writer Inserts Asherah into the Biblical Text
I received an email today asking this question: “Mike – is this a good rendition? I read where an early rendition of Deuteronomy 33.2-3, when Asherah’s influence had not yet been fully subordinated reads: ‘YHWH came from Sinai and shone forth…....
Peter Gurry of Evangelical Textual Criticism Blog Reviews “Fragments of Truth” Film
I recommend reading Peter's even-handed review of "Fragments of Truth," created by Faithlife Films. I've posted the trailer before, but here it is again. The visual quality is very high and, as Peter notes, it's filled with many scholars whose expertise in New...
Free Video Course on New Testament Textual Criticism
The New Testament Textual Criticism blog posted this link to Dan Wallace’s course on the basics of New Testament textual criticism. It was created under the auspices of the Center for the Study of New Testament Manuscripts (CSNTM), Dan Wallace’s...
Fragments of Truth Trailer: A Faithlife TV Original Film
Faithlife TV has created a feature film documentary on New Testament manuscripts and textual criticism. It's hosted by Dr. Craig Evans. The visuals are stunning. The content takes on folks like Bart Ehrman (Dr. Evans has debated him a number of times) and their claims...
Matthew, The Didache, and Q
I decided to post something on this topic because someone recently sent me a post promoting (?) a particular view of “Q” and Matthean authorship that appeared at divinecouncil.org. That is not my website. Briefly, the website was promoting the work of New...
Audio from the ETS Session on New Testament Textual Criticism
The Evangelical Textual Criticism blog has a link to the audio files of the presentations in the ETS session devoted to NT Textual criticism. As the ETC blog notes: The session was titled “Growing Up in the Ehrman Era: Retrospect and Prospect on Our Text-Critical...
New Book: The Biblical Canon Lists from Early Christianity
This book looks like an excellent reference for anyone interested in the study of the biblical canon: The Biblical Canon Lists from Early Christianity: Texts and Analysis . A brief discussion of the book by one of its authors can be found here. The book will ship in...
For Those Interested in New Testament Textual Criticism and the Byzantine-Majority Text
I recently received this announcement from my Danish friend, Ulrik Sandborg-Peterson, who developed the very useful Paradigms Master Pro Greek and Hebrew parsing practice tool. Ulrik has been instrumental in bringing resources for the study of the Byzantine-Majority...
The Myth of an Aramaic Original New Testament
I get questions about whether the New Testament was originally written in Aramaic. Some really aren’t questions; they are (I presume) well-meaning people trying to inform me of the “fact” of Aramaic primacy. In light of those sorts of emails, it was...
Update on First Century Mark Papyrus
This just in from Peter Gurry of the Evangelical Textual Criticism blog. Readers will recall we interviewed Peter last year for the Naked Bible Podcast SBL interview series. Thanks for this update, Peter!
Recent Article Response to Bart Ehrman’s Views on Ancient Pseudepigraphy
The Society of Biblical Literature just released the latest issue of its Journal of Biblical Literature. One of the articles caught my attention: “Content and Form: Authorship Attribution and Pseudonymity in Ancient Speeches, Letters, Lectures, and Translations...