All New Testament Editions Are Eclectic: A Misleading Equivalence
Distinguishes correcting an inherited textual base from reconstructing a text from an aggregate and explains why calling every edition eclectic obscures that difference.
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Matthew 7:21 — “My Father Which Is in Heaven”: Singular or Plural Heavens?
The title “singular or plural heavens” names a problem that is not in the Greek manuscripts. Both the Textus Receptus and the critical text use the plural οὐρανοῖς.
Open record →From Enlightenment Criticism to Westcott and Hort
Richard Simon had converted textual uncertainty into an argument for Roman tradition. If the extant copies could not identify and interpret the Word of God with sufficient certainty,…
Open record →Burden of Proof, Certainty Labels, and the Verdict Scale
Textual facts, historical inferences, translations, doctrinal consequences, and contradiction claims carry different burdens of proof. This article fixes the certainty labels and verdict rules that govern the reconstruction…
Open record →Matthew 7:13–14 — The Wide Gate and the Narrow Way: Additions, Omissions, or Authentic Parallels?
Some witnesses lose the gate from one side of Christ’s picture. At verse 14, editions divide between for the gate is narrow and an exclamation, how narrow the…
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