The New Testament’s accuracy does not depend on surviving autographs but on early, abundant, and testable manuscript evidence.
How Can the Bible Be Accurate Without the Original Autographs?
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.
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.
The New Testament Is the Most Heavily Corrupted Book in Antiquity
“Heavily corrupted” confuses abundant variants with unrecoverability; the New Testament’s early, diverse witnesses expose errors and enable restoration.
Orthodox Scribes Altered the Text to Combat Heresies: Bart D. Ehrman
Anti-heretical alterations exist in rare cases, but early, diverse witnesses expose secondary readings and preserve the original with high certainty.
We Have More Manuscripts of the New Testament Than Any Other Ancient Book, but That Doesn’t Help: Bart D. Ehrman
Manuscript abundance increases visible variants, but it also multiplies controls, anchors early readings, and stabilizes the restored Greek New Testament.
The Magdalen Papyrus: What Matthew’s Gospel Reveals About Early Christianity
Early Matthew fragments in the Magdalen Papyrus show Christian codex use, scribal conventions, and a stable text by 150–175 C.E.
Interplay Between New Testament Textual Criticism and Theological Interpretation
New Testament theology begins with a recoverable text. Textual criticism establishes wording by evidence so interpretation rests on what the authors wrote.
The Harmonization Phenomenon in Synoptic Gospels
Textual criticism clarifies the Synoptic Problem by exposing how harmonization in manuscript transmission distorts Gospel agreements.
