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Paul and the Septuagint Canon


What do the apostle’s quotations of the Septuagint tell us about his view of the Old Testament canon?

Edmon L. Gallagher

November 12, 2024

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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

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Peter Paul Rubens’s painting of Christ and the Woman of Samaria at the Well

Peter Paul Rubens’s painting “Christ and the Woman of Samaria at the Well.” Source

The Bible of the Woman at the Well


The Samaritan Pentateuch offers a fascinating chapter in the Bible’s history and sheds light on Jesus’ ministry.

Bradley J. Marsh Jr.

September 22, 2023

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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

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Illustration by Peter Gurry. Images from Wikipedia, iStockphoto, and Unsplash

Part 5: The Servant Who Sees Light after Anguish


Some ancient manuscripts of Isaiah 53:11 say the servant sees light after his suffering. Does this predict Jesus’ resurrection?

Anthony Ferguson

April 16, 2022

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Illustration by Peter Gurry. Images from Wikipedia, iStockphoto, and Unsplash

Part 4: Who Does the Servant Intercede For?


The servant is identified with the many rebels and yet distinct enough from them in order to carry their sins.

John D. Meade

April 13, 2022

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Gravestone

Illustration by Peter Gurry. Images from Wikipedia, iStockphoto, and Unsplash

Part 3: The Servant’s Burial according to the Scriptures


The variation in Isaiah 53:9 touches directly on Christ’s fulfillment of the prophecy in his burial.

Peter J. Gentry

April 6, 2022

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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

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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

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Jacob Jordaens David and Goliath

“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

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