Welcome to ETS! At the Text & Canon Institute, our mission is to illuminate the history of the Bible through church resources and academic research. This page highlights some of our most helpful resources. Sign up for our newsletter! Get new articles in your inbox, discounts on new resources, and be the first to know when our Tyndale tee is available! Leave this field empty if you're human: Popular articles on key questions Every month, we publish new articles on how we got the Bible. Here are some of our most popular topics. Translation What Makes a Bible Translation Bad?Mark Ward The Day the Bible Became a BestsellerJeffrey Kloha Seven Common Misconceptions about the King James BibleTimothy Berg Copying Two Reasons There Are Variants in Our Copies of the BiblePeter J. Gurry Does the Woman Caught in Adultery Belong in the Bible?Tommy Wasserman A Case against the Longer Ending of MarkPeter M. Head Canon Did Nicaea Really Create the Bible?John D. Meade How Can You Know We Have the Right Books in the Bible?Michael J. Kruger Why Are Protestant and Catholic Bibles Different?John D. Meade Discover the incredible story of the Bible The Bible is the bestselling book of all time. But how did we get it? In their nationally-recognized book Scribes and Scripture (Crossway), Dr. John Meade and Dr. Peter Gurry answer this question for lay readers beginning with the invention of the alphabet and ending with the most recent English translations. Along the way they address crucial questions about how the Bible was copied, how the right books were recognized, and how we get our English translations today. Written by an Old and New Testament expert, the book is illustrated throughout with helpful maps, charts, sidebars, and pictures. Buy the Book →