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The divine name was revealed at the burning bush. Illustration by David Fassett

Does God Want Us to Use His Divine Name? Part 1


The Old Testament shows that God wants his people to use his personal name, which is why it is used nearly 7,000 times.

Andrew Case

March 15, 2023

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Codex Sassoon is a nearly complete copy of the Hebrew Bible being auctioned by Sotheby’s

Is the Earliest, Most Complete Hebrew Bible Going on Auction?


The sale of Codex Sassoon raises questions about what’s real and what’s hype about this important manuscript.

Kim Phillips

February 22, 2023

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The statue of Erasmus at the University Rotterdam is the oldest statue in the Netherlands. Photo from Flickr

Erasmus and the Search for the Original Text of the New Testament


Erasmus’s Greek New Testament was a monumental achievement, but left room for later scholars to improve it.

Martin Heide

February 7, 2023

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Illustration by Peter Gurry.

How Bible Software Solves Differences in Versification for You


Software developers have to account for different versification in how Bible data is both stored and presented.

Rick Brannan

January 10, 2023

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The Jewish revisers.

Illustration by Jordan Daniel Singer

The Legacy of the First Revised Bible Translations


The modern impulse to get the Bible right in translation has its roots in the Jews who revised the Septuagint.

John D. Meade

December 6, 2022

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Greek and Arabic numerals. Illustration by Peter Gurry.

Scribal Blunders in Biblical Numbers


Different ways of writing numbers in Greek can be difficult both for ancient scribes and modern scholars.

Zachary J. Cole

November 21, 2022

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Solomon Schechter

Solomon Schechter studying the thousands of manuscripts discovered in the Cairo Geniza around 1898. Image reproduced by kind permission of the Syndics of Cambridge University Library. Source

Four Ways Scholars Date Early Hebrew Bible Manuscripts


Scholars use multiple methods to date the earliest copies of the Old Testament. At their best, they yield a range of fifty years.

Drew Longacre

November 8, 2022

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A collage of images from the Luttrell Psalter (c. 1325–40), BL Add MS 42130. Illustration by Peter Gurry. Public domain

Four Lessons from Medieval Illustrated Bibles


Illuminated Bibles are a living testament to human history in addition to being the divine record of history.

David S. Hogg

October 25, 2022

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The Silos Apocalypse

A depiction of Rev. 12 in the Silos Apocalypse (11th c.). Add MS 11695

Revelation’s Place in the Greek Bible


The history of the Apocalypse in the Greek manuscripts reveals that its place at the end is not uniform.

Clark R. Bates

October 11, 2022

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The Day the Bible Became a Bestseller


Martin Luther didn’t set out to produce a bestseller. But 500 years ago that’s exactly what he did.

Jeffrey Kloha

September 21, 2022

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