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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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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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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.

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

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Stylized image of the Council of Nicaea

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

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Website illustration by Peter Gurry. Unsplash

Welcome to Our Brand-New Website


With this new website, we plan to tell the story of how we got the Bible for those at all levels of understanding.

Peter J. Gurry, John D. Meade

November 8, 2021

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An illustration of Jerome and Augustine

Paintings of Jerome and Augustine. Illustration by Peter Gurry and Josh Koch.

Why Are Protestant and Catholic Bibles Different?


Knowledge of the Bible’s history clears away the caricatures and misinformation swirling around this common question.

John D. Meade

November 7, 2021

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Illustration of a Dead Sea Scroll on a phone

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

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Painting of Christ’s resurrection with Hebrew text overlaid

Illustration by Josh Koch.

Recovering the Resurrection in Isaiah 53: Textual Criticism and Easter


The Bible’s textual integrity is better appreciated by patient study than by sensational discoveries

John D. Meade

August 4, 2021

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