Matthew 15:18–19 preserves Jesus’ teaching that defilement comes from the heart, and the omission in a few witnesses arose through haplography.
Matthew 15:18–19: Haplography, the Heart, and the Original Wording of the Saying
Matthew 15:16 and the Secondary Addition of “Jesus”
Matthew 15:16 preserves the shorter original reading, while later manuscripts added “Jesus” as a clarifying subject at a new paragraph break.
Blind Guides and Scribal Harmonization in Matthew 15:14
Matthew 15:14 most likely read “they are blind guides,” with “of the blind” added later to harmonize the first clause with the second.
Decoding the Secrets of the Codex Claromontanus
Codex Claromontanus reveals how Paul’s letters were copied, expanded, translated, and restored through careful textual criticism.
Introduction to New Testament Textual Studies
New Testament textual studies begins with manuscripts, not speculation, and recovers the original wording through disciplined analysis of the documentary evidence.
The Text of 2 Peter: Observations and Explorations
A documentary study of 2 Peter’s text, showing how early witnesses and scribal habits help recover the original wording and sharpen its message.
The New Testament in the Light of Textual Criticism: The Gospel of Matthew
A documentary reading of Matthew shows that early manuscripts preserve a concise, stable text while later scribes often harmonized, clarified, and expanded it.
The Majuscules and Minuscules: Deciphering the Greek Scripts of the Old Testament
How majuscule and minuscule Greek scripts reveal the transmission, revision, and textual value of the Old Testament in Greek.
The Legacy of the Codex Regius in New Testament Textual Criticism
Codex Regius matters because it preserves a later yet valuable Gospel witness that often supports the Alexandrian line while exposing secondary expansions.
Untangling the Textual Complexities of the Pastoral Epistles
A documentary untangling of the Pastoral Epistles shows real textual complexity, but not textual chaos, and confirms a stable, recoverable Pauline text.
