John Hobbins has a succinct note on why "To this day, therefore, among Christians an Old Testament canon shared by all does not exist." His post includes a link to an illustrative PDF on the various Old Testament canons embraced within Christianity (ancient and...
Text Criticism & Canon
"Scriptures" and "Canon"
That's the title of a short piece by Larry Hurtado on his blog today. It's certainly worth a read to catch his distinction.
Another Thoughtful Critique of Bart Ehrman’s “Orthodox Corruption of Scripture”
Some careful analysis here by Rafael Rodriguez, courtesy of the Evangelical Textual Criticism blog. And you know what makes his critique so enjoyable? He applies logic. Think of that! I once said in a doctoral seminar that I thought a course in logic should be a...
Time for More Trouble . . . Let’s Talk About Canonicity
I've decided (maybe against better judgment) that the Bellingham Statement ought to say something about canonicity (at least I think that now). To that end, let's jump in. I've been wanting to personally revisit John Hobbins' posts on the canon, and so that seems a...
Progress on the Voynich Manuscript
This new report about a recently *peer-reviewed* article on the Voynich Manuscript isn't paleobabble. It's pretty interesting. Looks like some real progress that could lead to decipherment. Image source: Wikipedia