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Reformed Ruckmanism Part 1
A Critique of the Septuagint as Corrective to the Hebrew Text Introduction The association of Dr. Peter Ruckman with “double inspiration” serves as a potent comparison for examining the trend in certain Reformed circles that elevates the Septuagint LXX to an authoritative…
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The Truth Behind Tischendorf and the Codex Sinaiticus Part 1
A Justification of Theft Introduction The discovery of the Codex Sinaiticus, one of the oldest and most complete manuscripts of the Bible, is often heralded as a monumental achievement in biblical scholarship. Central to this narrative is Constantin von Tischendorf, a…
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The Truth Behind Tischendorf and the Codex Sinaiticus Part 2
Section 3: Motive Behind Tischendorf’s Fabrication The story of Tischendorf’s discovery of the Codex Sinaiticus is as much a tale of personal ambition as it is of scholarly achievement. Examining the motives behind Tischendorf’s account reveals a complex interplay of…
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The Truth Behind Tischendorf and the Codex Sinaiticus Part 3
Section 5: The Legacy of Tischendorf’s Narrative Constantin von Tischendorf’s dramatic account of discovering the Codex Sinaiticus has left a lasting legacy in the realms of biblical scholarship and cultural preservation. However, this legacy is not without its complications. The…
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The Text of the New Testament
Alternate title: Its Transmission, Corruption, and Restoration
New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005.
Metzger and Ehrman survey the physical production of ancient books, the principal Greek manuscripts, versions and Fathers, the history of printed editions, causes of accidental and intentional change, theories of transmission, and the practice of evaluating variants. The fourth edition updates Metzger's…
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The Myth of the Neutral Manuscript Fact
Manuscripts are real facts in God’s world, but age, brevity, difficulty, genealogy, and transmissional probability never rank themselves. Bahnsen’s rejection of brute facts applies inside textual criticism.
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When Textual Science Becomes Magisterial
Textual science becomes magisterial not when scholars study manuscripts, but when their revisable judgments regulate the identity and extent of the authority by which those judgments must be tried.
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Trying to Destroy the Old Foundation
Variants, printed-edition differences, older manuscripts, and fallible ecclesiastical judgments deserve examination. None by itself disproves an authentic text kept pure in all ages, and none establishes the authority of a reconstructed replacement.
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Why “No Doctrine Is Affected” Is Not Enough
Few reassurances appear more frequently in discussions of textual criticism than the claim that no Christian doctrine is affected by textual variants. The statement is meant to calm believers who have just learned that manuscripts differ, that familiar passages are bracketed or…
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No Neutral Ground Beneath the Apparatus: Faith, Science, and the Final Court
Manuscripts supply readings, not their own rank or theological meaning. Gaussen’s distinction between faith and historical science shows why evidence must serve Scripture’s doctrine rather than constitute the Church’s Bible.
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Magisterial and Ministerial Textual Criticism
The deepest question in textual criticism is not how many manuscripts a scholar has collated, how early a codex is dated, or how sophisticated his account of scribal habits may be. It is not even which reading he selects at a particular…
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A Distinction Must Be Maintained among the Text, Its Witnesses, and Its Editions
The inspired text, the manuscripts that witness it, and the editions that present it must be distinguished without separating the text from its providentially preserved witnesses.
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