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Illustration by Peter Gurry Images from Wikimedia

Bible Translations Are for People


Accuracy is often thought to be the main criterion for good translation, but acceptability is just as important.

Drew Maust

June 5, 2024

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Codex Sinaiticus is one of the earliest Bibles to include both testaments. Illustration by Peter Gurry.

How the Two Testaments Became One Bible


When production of two-testament Bibles began in the fourth century, the notion already had centuries of precedent.

Michael Dormandy

May 21, 2024

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A scene from Albrecht Dürer’s “The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse” (1498). Source

The Fall and Rise of Revelation


Revelation was used widely in the early church, then doubted in the East in the fourth century, but eventually accepted again.

T. C. Schmidt

May 7, 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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Scenes from Rembrandt’s “The Apostle Paul.” Public domain

Paul and First-Century Letter Writing


Understanding his context reveals the Apostle Paul as one of the great letter writers of his age.

E. Randolph Richards

March 5, 2024

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The ESV Bible app open to Genesis 1:1. Photo by Jenny Smith

How Digital Apps Are Changing How We Read the Bible


Digital Bibles shape what we see—and don’t see—in the text and require us to be mindful of their power and peril.

John Dyer

February 6, 2024

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Drawing of Christ preaching by Rembrandt. Illustration by Peter Gurry. Image source

Putting the New Papyrus of Jesus’ Sayings in Context


While exciting and important, much about a recently published, headline-grabbing fragment is not unique.

Ian N. Mills

January 9, 2024

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Our 2023 speaking engagements included talks at TGC23. Image source

Our Year in Review


As the year closes, we take look back at our work in 2023 and cast a glimpse ahead to 2024.

Peter J. Gurry and John D. Meade

December 19, 2023

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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

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Jesus raises Jairus’s daughter in Luke 8 in a 13th c. Peshitta manuscript. Vat. sir. 559 (f. 73v)

The Bible in the Language of Jesus


The Syriac Peshitta is an early Bible translation that is key to textual criticism and offers insights into the teaching of Jesus.

Philip M. Forness

October 3, 2023

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