Authenticity rests on abundant early manuscripts: no miraculous preservation, yet reliable preservation and restoration through disciplined textual criticism.
Textual Criticism and the Authenticity of the New Testament
The Path to the Original: Ascertaining the Wording of New Testament Texts
Recovering the original New Testament wording rests on early manuscripts, disciplined documentary weighting, and sober analysis of scribal habits.
The Complexity of Textual Variants in the New Testament
This text discusses the preservation of the New Testament, emphasizing the importance of manuscript evidence and the presence of textual variants resulting from human copying.
Exploring the Rich History of New Testament Manuscripts
A manuscript-based tour of how the New Testament text was copied, corrected, and preserved across papyri, codices, versions, and Fathers.
Textual Criticism and Bible Translation: Establishing the Text and Rendering the Meaning
Textual criticism establishes what the New Testament authors wrote; translation then renders that established text accurately and transparently for readers.
The Process and Principles of New Testament Textual Criticism
How New Testament textual criticism restores the earliest attainable text by prioritizing documentary evidence while using internal evidence as a supplement.
Scribes and Language Use in the Graeco-Roman World
How scribes, education, and multilingual Greek registers in the Graeco-Roman world shaped copying habits and New Testament textual forms.
Textual Stability of the Greek New Testament Texts from the Second to the Fourth Century
From the earliest papyri to the great fourth-century codices, the New Testament text remains remarkably stable, anchored by disciplined Alexandrian exemplar lines.
The Role of Exemplar Quality in Transmission Accuracy of the Greek New Testament Texts
Exemplar quality shaped New Testament transmission at every stage, and the early Alexandrian exemplar lines, especially those behind P75 and B, preserved the text with exceptional accuracy.
Manuscripts of the Greek New Testament
The New Testament’s vast, early, and diverse manuscript tradition shows that Jehovah has preserved His inspired Word through history in a form we can securely know.
