Chapter 3, Section 5: Scrutinizing the Text Families
We have revised the original chart which we had drawn when first presenting these lectures ca. 1995. You will notice several new items shown in red. Readers have commented and wondered about these Bible versions. We had room to add them, and
Chapter 3, Section 4: The Four “Families” of Manuscripts
We are continuing our exposition concerning ancient manuscripts—both secular and biblical. The comparisons and contrasts strengthen the case for the reliability of the Bible as we see the weight which secular scholars give to certain secular documents.
We have mentioned
Bible Nuggets to Nibble on,…and then to Consume Wholly
Not long ago while I was doing my morning Bible reading/study, I came across this verse:
Revelation 3:14 And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God;
Although we
Chapter 3, Section 3: Textual Criticism of Manuscripts
Previously, we displayed a chart showing the evolution through history of essentially two streams, branches, or families of Bible manuscripts. We concluded Section 2 of Chapter 3 with these two paragraphs:
Our job is to try to determine if either of these
Chapter 3, Section 2: Two Streams of Manuscripts
For purposes of context and segue, we repeat the last paragraph from Chapter 3, Section 1.
Fortunately, there is one factor in this whole subject of texts and manuscripts that is not disputed by scholars on any side, and which enables us
This is a podcast you will want to hear. It concerns what is on tap for the next few months, and President Trump’s call for Christians to come to the mall in D. C. on May 17th, for America to rededicate this nation to God Almighty.
When I met
Chapter 3, Section 1: Introduction to Bible Manuscripts
Now that we have established the importance of the doctrines of the plenary and verbal inspiration of the Bible and have further established the inseparability of its inspiration from its inerrancy and infallibility, we can now proceed to look at the men
Chapter 2, Section 6: Plenary and Verbal vs. Conceptual Inspiration (cont’d)
It has been a while since we last posted in this series. Here is the immediately previous one in this series. To find them all from the beginning, first, click on the “Blogs” tab.
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