Last time we surveyed five hundred years of New Testament textual criticism. Today we address the process by which these scholars have done and continue to do their work. We’ll see how they weigh internal and external evidence. We’ll cover reasoned eclecticism, the refined documentary approach, and the computer-driven coherence based genealogical method. (Don’t worry if these terms don’t mean much to you yet.) Lastly, we’ll see what resources you can access to find out the inside scoop on what’s going on with a particular NT verse.
—— Books ——
- New Testament Text and Translation Commentary by Philip W. Comfort
- An Introduction to the New Testament Manuscripts and their Texts by D. C. Parker
- The Text of the New Testament: Its Transmission, Corruption, and Restoration by Bruce M. Metzger and Bart D. Ehrman
- NA28: Nestle-Aland 28th Edition, aka Novum Testamentum Graece
- UBS5: United Bible Society 5th Edition, aka The Greek New Testament
- THGNT: Tyndale House Greek New Testament, aka The Greek New Testament
—— Links ——
- Editio Critica Maior
- Coherence Based Genealogical Method (CBGM) tool
- Read Peter Gurry’s article, “How Your Greek NT Is Changing: A Simple Introduction to the Coherence-Based Genealogical Method (CBGM)” from the Journal of Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society.
- Check out all the lectures in How We Got the Bible
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