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Giving Bible readers what God said not what translators think God meant
“The Coherence-Based Genealogical Method makes no textual decisions. It merely reveals an image of the tradition which emerges from a text-critical philological study of all the variants. The iterative process of the method helps the text-critical philological hypotheses to confirm their plausibility.” – Gerd Mink This is a difficult subject made far more easier by Dr. Don Wlkins, Senior Translator of the NASB.
Delve into the intriguing history of the Goths and their unique Bible version. Learn why this ancient translation captivates scholars and translators today.
With the manuscript support of א 33 1739 Maj, as well as TR WH NU, we have the reading εν τω ονοματι του κυριου (“in the name of the Lord”). All English versions have this reading. However, ...
Below is a short overview of the copying process of the Greek text of the New Testament. We will cover its transmission in the Greek of the time, as well as other languages that it has been translated into; not to mention the trustworthiness of the critical text that we have today.
The first two words of 5:20, the third-person imperative and the demonstrative pronoun (γινωσκέτω ὅτι ginōsketō hoti) would seem to be the original reading and were altered to the second-person plural imperative (γινώσκετε ginōskete).
Knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance (James 1:3) The likeliest reason for the variant is ...
Variant Reading(s): differing versions of a word or phrase found in two or more manuscripts within a variation unit (see below). Variant readings are also called alternate readings.
One of the greatest tragedies in the modern-day history of Christianity [1880 - present] is that churchgoers have not been educated about the history of the New Testament text.
As Luke, Paul, Peter, Matthew, James, or Jude handed their authorized text off to be copied by others, i.e., published, what would it have looked like? What is the process that the New Testament writers would have followed to get their book ready to be published, that is, copied by others?
GLOSSARY: The following definitions assume the usage of the terms within the context of New Testament Textual Studies.
