Bible difficulties yield to careful, historical-grammatical exegesis; Jehovah’s Word is coherent, reliable, and ready to defend before any critic.
The Importance of Understanding Bible Difficulties
Have Christians Corrupted the Bible?
The Bible has faced corruption in scribal errors and flawed translations, but the inspired text has been faithfully preserved and restored.
Lucian of Antioch and the Lucianic Revision of the Greek Old Testament
The Lucianic recension of the Septuagint refined an existing Greek text, aligning it with Hebrew tradition and shaping Byzantine textual transmission.
How Does the Preservation of the Quran Compare to the Preservation of the Bible?
The Bible’s preservation surpasses the Quran’s, with verifiable manuscript evidence proving Jehovah safeguarded His Word through history.
Origen’s Hexapla: Its Nature, Purpose, and Significance in Old Testament Textual History
Origen’s Hexapla was a six-column comparison of Hebrew and Greek texts, shaping the Septuagint and pioneering textual criticism in the third century.
Symmachus (σ): His Role in Old Testament Textual Transmission and Translation
Symmachus, a Samaritan convert to Judaism, produced a refined Greek translation of the Hebrew Scriptures at the end of the first century C.E.
Transmission of the Old Testament Text: Masoretic Reliability, Dead Sea Scrolls, and the Manuscript Path to Modern Editions
A clear, evidence-driven history of how the Masoretic Text and corroborating witnesses preserved the Old Testament from Moses to modern editions.
The Transmission of the Old Testament Text: Masoretic Precision, Dead Sea Scrolls, Ancient Versions, and the Reliability of the Hebrew Bible
Masoretic precision, Dead Sea Scrolls, and ancient versions together show the Old Testament text has been faithfully preserved and can be confidently restored.
Textual Variants in Matthew 15: A Detailed Analysis of the Manuscript Evidence
A comprehensive textual analysis of Matthew 15 reveals early manuscript support for the original readings and common scribal expansions or harmonizations.
The Textual Criticism of Sumerian Literature: Transmission, Preservation, and Scribal Practices
Sumerian textual criticism restores myths and hymns from fragmentary manuscripts, using paleography, orthography, and scribal practices to reconstruct texts.
