An in-depth documentary study of Acts textual variants, weighing major passages, manuscript evidence, and scribal habits to recover Luke’s original wording.
Why Acts Presents a Special Text-Critical Challenge
New Testament Textual Criticism: The Story of the Western Text
The Western text reveals how scribes expanded and paraphrased the New Testament, especially Acts, while earlier Alexandrian witnesses preserve the original wording.
The Mystery of Codex Bezae: An Enigma in New Testament Textual Criticism
Codex Bezae (D) preserves a bilingual Western text that often expands and harmonizes, yet sometimes preserves ancient alternative readings in Luke–Acts.
Framing the Question: What the Pericope Adulterae Does to John’s Gospel
John 7:53–8:11 entered the manuscript tradition later and interrupts John’s tightly linked Feast of Tabernacles discourse between 7:52 and 8:12.
The Old Latin Witnesses to the Gospels
The Old Latin Gospels reveal a diverse Western text in the Latin West, illuminating expansions and paraphrases while confirming the superiority of the Alexandrian tradition.
Codex Bezae and the Western Text of Act
Codex Bezae preserves a long, paraphrastic Western text of Acts that reveals early expansions and interpretations, yet, when compared with Alexandrian witnesses, confirms the reliability of Luke’s original narrative.
Getting To Know The Sources Of New Testament Textual Criticism: Biblical Papyri, Major Uncials, And Key Minuscules
Meet the core sources of NT textual criticism: early papyri, the great uncials, and key minuscules, and see how external evidence restores the original text.
Some Famous Majuscule Manuscripts of the New Testament
Examining Codices Vaticanus, Sinaiticus, Alexandrinus, and others, this article surveys the major majuscule manuscripts and their role in preserving the New Testament.
How Does Codex Bezae Illuminate the Preservation of the New Testament?
Discover how Codex Bezae has shaped our understanding of biblical texts. Dive into the past to see how the scriptures were preserved.
Codex Bezae—An Extraordinary Manuscript
Journey into the intriguing world of Codex Bezae: a unique manuscript. Our blog enlightens readers on its distinctiveness among the ancient biblical texts.
