Found 31 results B. H. Streeter’s Four Gospels at One Hundred How does the Oxford don’s influential argument for ‘local texts’ of the Gospels hold up after 100 years? Peter R. Rodgers December 10, 2024 Level Illustration by Peter Gurry. Text from Cambridge Taylor-Schechter 12.182 The First Parallel Bible Origen’s six-columned Old Testament, produced in the second century, was a monumental achievement in the Bible’s history. John D. Meade August 20, 2024 Level Facsimile photo of Codex Vaticanus by Chandler Nick The Changing Fortunes of Codex Vaticanus Today, Codex Vaticanus is treated as a premier biblical manuscript. It was not always so. An-Ting Yi August 6, 2024 Level A list of seventy different ways of writing the Greek letter epsilon in minuscule script. Source Resources for Reading Greek Manuscripts If you want to read Greek manuscripts, use these tools to demystify what looks like an alphabet soup. Clark R. Bates April 2, 2024 Level A colorized photo shows the marginal edits of the King James translators that gave us the now familiar text of the Bible’s opening verse. Photo © Bodleian Libraries A Newly Digitized Bible Reveals the Origins of the King James Version A one-of-a-kind Bible used by the King James translators offers a rare glimpse of their textual decisions. Timothy Berg December 8, 2023 Level Drawing of Jesus teaching in the synagogue by Gustave Doré (1832–1883). Illustration by Peter Gurry. What’s the Big Deal about a New Papyrus with Sayings of Jesus? A second-century date for a new Greek fragment with gospel material makes it unique among papyri. Michael W. Holmes September 13, 2023 Level The most famous location of an Essene community was near the Dead Sea. What We Know about the People behind the Dead Sea Scrolls History, archeology, and the scrolls themselves reveal a fascinating picture of a unique Jewish community. Anthony Ferguson August 8, 2023 Level Illustration by Peter Gurry The Most Objective Textual Critic You’ll Ever Meet The evidence from stone and papyrus promises a better way to determine difficult elements of the Bible’s original text. Benjamin Kantor April 4, 2023 Level 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 Level 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 Level Page 1 of 4 More articles