Biblical papyri bridge early manuscript culture and the Masoretic tradition, illuminating how the Old Testament text was copied, translated, and preserved.
Biblical Papyri and Old Testament Textual Criticism: The Unseen Link
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.
Tracing the Transmission: The Journey of the New Testament Text Through the Centuries
A documentary history of how the New Testament text was copied, varied, preserved, and restored from the autographs to modern Greek editions.
An Analysis of the Textual Issues in the Book of Revelation
Revelation’s textual history is shaped by scribal expansion, harmonization, and Greek smoothing, yet the earliest witnesses preserve a recoverable original text.
Reading Between the Lines: The Art and Science of Textual Reconstruction in the Old Testament
Textual reconstruction restores the earliest recoverable Hebrew wording through disciplined evidence, confirming the Old Testament’s stability.
Scribes Changed the Text to Make It Say What They Wanted It to Say: Bart D. Ehrman
Intentional scribal changes exist in isolated cases, but the manuscript tradition is broad and early enough to expose them and restore the text with high certainty.
How the Greek New Testament Text Came Down to Us
The New Testament was transmitted through widespread handwritten copying, producing predictable variants while preserving abundant evidence for restoring the original wording.
The Significance of Nomina Sacra in New Testament Texts
Nomina sacra are early Christian sacred-name contractions that reveal scribal reverence, shape variant patterns, and aid documentary textual criticism.
The Uncial Manuscripts: A Forgotten Treasure of the New Testament
Uncial codices preserve a vast, early, and testable New Testament text, bridging the papyri and minuscules with documentary force.
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.
