Found 14 Results Rembrandt’s “Christ and the Woman Taken in Adultery” (1644). Wikimedia Does the Woman Caught in Adultery Belong in the Bible? Jesus’ famous act of mercy is missing in many manuscripts, raising questions about its place in the Bible. Tommy Wasserman February 8, 2022 Key figures from the “First-Century Mark” story. Illustration by Josh Koch. Wikipedia Taking Stock of the “First-Century Mark” Saga What can we learn from the overzealous excitement about the earliest known copy of our earliest Gospel? Elijah Hixson January 25, 2022 Detail at Luke 1 from the earliest datable copy of the complete Bible in English (14th c.). Egerton MS 618 (f. 35v) Five Decisions Every Bible Translator Must Make Knowing the hard decisions Bible translators face inspires gratitude for our Bibles and encourages us to read them. Peter J. Gurry December 20, 2021 Andover Hall at Harvard Divinity School. Photo credit The Gospel of Jesus’ Wife Fiasco Lessons from the headline-grabbing forgery that duped Harvard’s oldest endowed professor and enthralled the media Christian Askeland December 6, 2021 Illustration by Josh Koch from a fresco of the Council of Nicaea in the Basilica of St. Nicholas. Did Nicaea Really Create the Bible? Debunking the popular myth that a Roman emperor and a fourth-century church council decided the canon John D. Meade November 11, 2021 A 17th century icon of Enoch with Elijah in the Historic Museum in Sanok, Poland. Wikipedia The New Testament Use of Jewish Pseudepigrapha Why the New Testament authors sometimes drew on ancient literary works written under false names Daniel M. Gurtner November 11, 2021 Illustration by Peter Gurry. Images from Tyndale’s 1534 New Testament and iStock The Letter and the Spirit The evangelical scholar has no need to fear or to exclude the Holy Spirit when practicing textual criticism. Maurice Robinson November 11, 2021 Illustration by Josh Koch from the KJV frontispiece. Wikimedia Commons Borrowing from the KJV Bank and Trust Why we must steward and protect the trust people have in prominent Bible translations. Mark Ward November 8, 2021 Portraits of the four evangelists from GA 773 (10th c.) Why There Are Just Four Gospels in the Bible Despite tales of conspiracy, there are good historical and theological reasons why the Church recognized four—and only four—Gospels. C. E. Hill November 7, 2021 Painting of St. Peter by Pompeo Girolamo Batoni How 2 Peter Made It into the Bible The story of how the most doubted book in the New Testament was recognized as canonical Darian R. Lockett November 7, 2021 Page 1 of 2 More articles