In John’s second post , he talks about a “dual dynamic” when it comes to the canon. Here’s a portion of what he says: On the one hand, the existence of an agreed upon nucleus of authoritative literature in various times and places is...
Text Criticism & Canon
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...
Some “Acceptable” New Testament PaleoBabble
One of the most accepted dogmas of New Testament (hereafter, NT) scholarship is that behind the “synoptic problem” of the gospels (Matthew, Mark, Luke – that their material overlaps between one or the other two) is that the material NOT shared by...
A Good Reminder About the “Original Text”
Post from the Evangelical Textual Criticism blog. Editor's note: Link's content reproduced below,From Evangelical Textual Criticism: John Updike and the Problem of the Original Text, originally published February 20, 2009. John Updike and the Problem of the Original...
Peter Williams (New Testament Textual Critic) Debates Bart Ehrman On British Radio
In case you thought otherwise, Bart Ehrman's idea have not gone un-protested in the field of textual criticism. You just never hear that in the popular media. Bart Ehrman of the University of North Carolina and Peter J. Williams of Tyndale House, Cambridge...