The Bible is reliable as Jehovah’s inspired, preserved, historically grounded, and prophetically confirmed Word centered on Jesus Christ.
The Reliability of the Bible as the Word of God
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.
Evaluating the Contributions of Metzger and Aland to Textual Criticism
Metzger clarified textual judgment, and Aland strengthened documentary control, making both central to modern New Testament textual criticism.
We Don’t Have Copies of the Copies of the Copies of the Originals: Bart Ehrman Claims
The loss of autographs does not strand us; the New Testament is preserved in early, abundant, and cross-checking witnesses that restore the original text.
Dissecting the Synoptic Problem through the Lens of Textual Criticism
A textual-critical approach reshapes the Synoptic discussion by prioritizing manuscripts, scribal habits, and early testimony over conjectured sources.
The Harmonization Phenomenon in Synoptic Gospels
Textual criticism clarifies the Synoptic Problem by exposing how harmonization in manuscript transmission distorts Gospel agreements.
Evaluating Modern English Translations: The Quest for Faithfulness to the Original Texts
Evaluating modern English Bible translations begins with the manuscript-based text and demands consistent, transparent methods in rendering Hebrew and Greek.
Textual Criticism and the Authenticity of the New Testament
Authenticity rests on abundant early manuscripts: no miraculous preservation, yet reliable preservation and restoration through disciplined textual criticism.
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.
How Papyrology Confirms the Reliability of the Text
Papyrology confirms the exceptional reliability of the New Testament text through early manuscript evidence, proving its faithful transmission from the originals.
