Tag: Textual Criticism
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Resolving The Christian “I‑Know-Nothing” Multi-Problem In Textual Criticism
Occasionally, we come across Christians face-to-face and, more frequently, on the Internet, who, when informed that the text of the gospels underwent corruption during their transmission, often react with the following type of questions: "When? Who did the corruption? In what country? Before or after Muhammad? Why was it done? How come no one noticed…
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The Usage and Significance of the New Testament Versions for Text Critical Purposes
"Versions" are simply the translations of the New Testament into other languages. The New Testament writers originally wrote their books and epistles in the Greek language whereas the versions are translations of their writings into other languages. Naturally, non-Greek speaking Christians wanted the text of the New Testament in their own local languages and so…
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Geographical Errors Within The New Testament
It is well known that the Gospel of Mark contains numerous geographical errors. This is summed up in Kümmel’s classic, Introduction to the New Testament : [T]he considerations against this assumption [that John Mark, companion of Peter, wrote the gospel of Mark] carry weight. The author obviously has no personal knowledge of Palestinian geography, as the…