Samuelsson Responds to Critique on Crucifixion Terminology

Bart Ehrman’s “Forged” Book About New Testament Pseudonymity: Extended Review by Ben Witherington

by drmsheiser | Dec 18, 2018 | Text Criticism & Canon

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...

Review of Important New Scholarly Book on Matthew

by drmsheiser | Dec 4, 2018 | Text Criticism & Canon

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?

by drmsheiser | Oct 15, 2018 | Text Criticism & Canon

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

by drmsheiser | Sep 22, 2018 | Text Criticism & Canon

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

by drmsheiser | Aug 27, 2018 | Text Criticism & Canon

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

by drmsheiser | Apr 10, 2018 | Text Criticism & Canon

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...

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