Several years ago Dan Wallace mentioned in a debate with Bart Ehrman that a possible first-century papryus of Mark had been found. That papyrus became known as “first century Mark” in the popular arena. Finally, there’s been a definitive update on...
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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...
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...
Rumored Fragment of the Gospel of Mark in the News
A few days ago it was reported that a fragment of the Gospel of Mark, reportedly dated to the first century, is being studied and prepared for publication. This would be significant, as (to my recollection), the oldest fragment of the NT is P52 (“Papyrus...
Wallace and Kruger Destroy NEWSWEEK Christmas Hit Piece on the Bible
[NOTE: this post was updated on 12/30/2014 to include Dr. Kruger’s second installment.] I have to admit it’s like shooting fish in a barrel, but we can’t expect anything intellectually accurate or honest from those who write for these sorts of...
Dan Wallace Reviews “Defining Inerrancy” by Holding and Peters
This is a worthwhile review of what sounds like a worthwhile book. Readers know that I have long contended that any discussion of inerrancy requires serious discussion of the definitional problems. This book shows a keen awareness of that initial task. Wallace writes:...
Dan Wallace on the Great Commission
Noted Greek grammarian and textual criticism scholar (and all-around nice guy) Dan Wallace recently posted a three-part treatment of the Great Commission. This is what pastors should be doing on any given Sunday. No, pastors don’t need to be Greek scholars. They...
New Resource Help for Reading the Greek New Testament
Well-known Greek grammarian and NT professor Dan Wallace recently posted his endorsement of A New Reader’s Lexicon of the Greek New Testament on his blog. For those who don’t have Bible software (like Logos) where you can make your own vocab lists by...
New Testament Textual Criticism: Search for Manuscripts Goes On
For those interested in NT textual criticism, here’s a nice piece on Dan Wallace and the work of the CSNTM (Center for the Study of NT Manuscripts). Hard to believe Dan is sixty!
Divorcing Jesus’ Wife
This figures to be my last update on this, at least until after November's academic conferences. I'm bored with it. Here's some item updates on the alleged (but now suspected by many to be fake) fragment that has Jesus referring to his wife. (In case you're late to...
More on the Reliability of the New Testament
Transcripts and papers from the debate between Dan Wallace and Bart Ehrman, and other papers associated with the conference that featured that debate, are now available .
For “KJV Only” Wrangling
The Evangelical Textual Criticism blog posted a link to this article by Dan Wallace today. It’s a nice short piece where Dan takes on the “KJV only” position. If you’re not familiar with this, please don’t read it. I’d feel guilty...