Found 22 results Illustration by Peter Gurry. Images from Wikipedia, iStockphoto, and Unsplash Part 2: Does Isaiah’s Servant Really Die for the People? The ancient witnesses to Isaiah 53:8 disagree on a central confession about Jesus’ death found in the New Testament. John D. Meade April 5, 2022 Level Illustration by Peter Gurry. Images from Wikipedia, iStockphoto, and Unsplash Part 1: The Servant Sprinkles Many as Anointed Priest The first in our Easter series argues that the servant is not marred but rather anointed as a priest who sprinkles many. Peter J. Gentry March 30, 2022 Level Illustration by Peter Gurry. Images from Wikipedia, iStockphoto, and Unsplash. A New Series on Isaiah’s Suffering Servant Our Easter series addresses a set of textual problems that are crucial to the identity of the suffering servant in Isaiah 53. John D. Meade March 29, 2022 Level “David and Goliath” by Jacob Jordaens. Wikimedia Who Really Killed Goliath? Knowledge of scribal mistakes may provide a better solution to the historical puzzle of who killed Goliath in 2 Samuel 21:19. Kaspars Ozoliņš March 8, 2022 Level 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 Level 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 Level 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 A. Robinson November 11, 2021 Level About ninety percent of the scrolls were found here, at cave 4. Photo credit Appreciating the Diverse Evidence from the Dead Sea Scrolls Taking the evidence of the Dead Sea Scroll seriously means putting the differences—and the similarities—in proper context. Anthony Ferguson November 7, 2021 Level Illustration by Peter Gurry. Image from 123rf.com Two Reasons There Are Variants in Our Copies of the Bible For historical and theological reasons, we shouldn’t be surprised that the Bible’s manuscripts have differences. Peter J. Gurry November 6, 2021 Level A Dead Sea Scroll on an smart phone. ABC News The Bible Jesus Read The Bible of Jesus’ day was not too different from the list of English translations available on your phone’s Bible app. John D. Meade September 30, 2021 Level Page 2 of 3 More articles