A documentary investigation of Luke’s variants shows consistent scribal habits—harmonization, clarification, expansion, and pruning—while preserving Luke’s stable text.
Investigating Textual Variants in the Gospel of Luke
A Comprehensive Study of Textual Families in the New Testament
Textual families illuminate how the New Testament was copied, clustered, and preserved, guiding the restoration of the earliest attainable wording.
The Alexandrian Text-Type and the Critical Greek New Testament: Overwhelming Priority and Minimal Overrides
The critical Greek New Testament remains overwhelmingly Alexandrian because early papyri and B control the text, with only rare, evidence-driven overrides.
The Relationship Between the Muratorian Canon and New Testament Textual Criticism
The Muratorian Canon supports New Testament textual criticism by confirming early collection, public reading, and controlled transmission of core apostolic books.
New Testament Textual Criticism: Evaluating the Coherence-Based Genealogical Method
A documentary evaluation of CBGM, affirming early Alexandrian primacy and the authority of second-century papyri in reconstructing the original text.
Tertullian’s Contributions to New Testament Textual Criticism
Tertullian’s polemics, citations, and documentary mindset provide early Latin evidence and a public-text model crucial for New Testament textual criticism.
Deciphering the Language of Symbols: Scribal Corrections in New Testament Manuscripts
Scribal correction symbols in New Testament manuscripts form a practical language of dots, strokes, and signs used to restore accurate wording.
The Role of Origen in New Testament Textual Criticism
Origen’s massive citations and explicit notice of variant readings make him a central patristic witness, best used alongside early manuscripts.
The Age of the Critical Text of the New Testament
The age of the critical text advanced as editors weighed early manuscripts more carefully than inherited print traditions, producing evidence-based Greek editions for translation and teaching.
We Don’t Have Copies of the Copies of the Copies of the Originals: Bart Ehrman Claims
The loss of autographs does not strand us; the New Testament is preserved in early, abundant, and cross-checking witnesses that restore the original text.
