Mill, Berriman, and the Vanishing Line
In 1707 John Mill changed his first judgment after closer inspection. In 1741 Henry Berriman used magnification and sunlight and reported part of the older stroke. These are…
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Preservation, Canonization, and Recognition: Three Questions That Must Not Be Confused
Which books are Scripture, what words constitute those books, and how the church recognizes both are related but distinct questions. God creates the canon and text; the church…
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Scripture Cannot Say Yea and Nay
The truthfulness and unity of Scripture are not an excuse to deny variant copies; they are a theological constraint on how the church identifies the canonical text.
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Mark 8:35 — “For My Sake and the Gospel’s”: Is the Gospel Clause Authentic?
The received and principal critical texts include both loyalties: Christ and the gospel. A limited variant omits the gospel clause, often under influence from the shorter Synoptic parallels.
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Mark 6:22 — Herodias’s Daughter or Herod’s Daughter Herodias?
The received reading identifies the dancer as Herodias’s own daughter. A difficult critical form can be read as Herod’s daughter named Herodias, conflicting with the narrative’s next identification.
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