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,…
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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…
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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…
Open record →Matthew 6:33 — “The Kingdom of God”: Does “of God” Belong in the Text?
The words of God are omitted by some important witnesses. Modern Greek editions do not speak with one voice: SBLGNT omits them, NA28 brackets them, and the Tyndale…
Open record →The Evidence Safeguard: Public Charges Require Public Proof
A public accusation must rest on material that readers can inspect, verify, and place in its proper source record.
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