The Coherence-Based Genealogical Method (CBGM) is a novel, computational method used in New Testament textual criticism. By employing computer algorithms, the CBGM provides an objective, data-driven approach to text analysis, minimizing subjectivity and handling large data volumes effectively. Despite its strengths, critics argue that CBGM overemphasizes internal evidence, neglects external factors, and requires computational proficiency to access. Critics also point to its shortcomings in addressing scriptural historical context, human influence on text changes, and the potential for circular reasoning when validating existing editions. In conclusion, CBGM is a valuable tool but should be used alongside other methodologies.
KJVOIST/TROISTS and Agnostic Textual Scholar Dr. Bart D. Ehrman On Preservation of Scripture
Agnostic New Testament textual and early Christianity scholar Dr. Bart D. Ehrman states God “didn’t preserve the words, the conclusion seemed inescapable to me that he hadn’t gone to the trouble of inspiring them.” The KJVO/TRO argues, “Because the Scriptures are forever relevant, they have been preserved down through the ages by God's special providence.”
What Do We Find When We Enter the Period of the Critical Text of the New Testament?
New Testament textual criticism goes back to Origen (185-254), in the third century of our common era. The historical roots of textual scholarship actually go back to the 3rd-century B.C.E. in the Library of Alexandria. We are going to the 18th-19th centuries for the purposes of this article.

