The Text of the Gospels

A blog by James Snapp Jr. about New Testament textual criticism, especially involving variants in the Gospels.

Wednesday, January 29, 2014

The $14,000,000 Manuscript

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What sort of manuscript is worth $14,000,000? Apparently, a manuscript like the St. Cuthbert Gospel -- a Latin copy of the Gospel of John,...
Tuesday, January 21, 2014

Luke 17:9: Is the Shorter Reading Correct? I think not.

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At the end of Luke 17:9, a textual variant presents a four-way contest between (1) the Alexandrian Text, which ends with τα διαταχθέντα;...
Friday, January 3, 2014

Bible Secrets Revealed: Five Video-Reviews, Episode by Episode

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In December 2013, the History Channel released a series called Bible Secrets Revealed .   It was produced by Prometheus Entertainment, und...
Monday, November 18, 2013

Acts 27:37 - 276 Souls, or About 76?

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Let's briefly leave the Gospels to explore an interesting variant in Acts 27:37.  Did the ship on which Paul and his friends were trave...
Thursday, October 10, 2013

Mark 16:9-20 - Top Ten Trainwrecks

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In some previous posts, I’ve addressed the shortcomings regarding Mark 16:9-20 found in Metzger’s Textual Commentary on the Greek New Testam...
Wednesday, September 25, 2013

Didymus the Blind and the Text of Matthew

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Bart Ehrman (in his 1986 book Didymus the Blind and the Text of the Gospels ) identified 163 genetically significant textual variant-units i...
Thursday, September 12, 2013

Did Didymus the Blind Write De Trinitate?

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Previously, I sifted through Bart Ehrman's analysis of the Gospels-text of Didymus the Blind, pointing out various shortcomings that ren...
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