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Unprovable Historical Textual Assumptions
Assumptions must match reality. The greatest reality in dealing with Scripture is what God Himself said in His Word. Continue reading
Posted in Bibliology, NT Textual Criticism
Tagged assumptions, canon, NTTC, oldest and best manuscripts, preservation, textual criticism
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So Everyone Could Use It
I would give up every book I own, including my first edition of the OED, my Civil War edition of the Merriam Webster’s Unabridged, etc., etc., etc., so everyone could use it any time they wanted rather than that only … Continue reading
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Tagged Michael Hart, NTTC, oldest and best manuscripts, textual criticism
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I Guess Oldest is Only Best When We Want it to Be
When you don’t rely on God’s revealed truth, but instead make yourself the only authority for your own evidence-immune theory, you epitomise Self-Reliance. Continue reading
The “Best Manuscripts” are Sloppy Copies (???)
Welcome to the manuscript version of the sinner’s excuse! “Sure, I’m bad, but no worse than the guy next door.” Continue reading
Textual Criticism’s Worst Assumption
I do care about textual critics, either intentionally or accidentally, using naturalistic evolutionary philosophies in their evaluations when they try to tell us which words are the ones God gave us. Continue reading
The “Oldest and Best” Wording
It would be better to drop the “oldest and best” terminology. At best, it is confusing. “Old” only matters if it is one of the “best,” so it would be better to just say “best” and leave it at that. Continue reading
Posted in Bibliology, NT Textual Criticism
Tagged New Testament, NTTC, oldest and best manuscripts
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Is the Oldest Manuscript Really Best?
Our “oldest manuscripts” survived because they weren’t accurate, so believers didn’t want to use them. They were sloppy work by careless scribes, and no one wanted to copy from them. Continue reading
Posted in Bibliology, NT Textual Criticism
Tagged Ephesus, Gospel of John, NTTC, oldest and best manuscripts, Rylands Fragment, Sinaiticus, Vaticanus
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