340 Bible 11 – Two Corrected Corruptions (1 Timothy 3.16 & 1 John 5.7)
Today we move from learning about manuscripts and textual criticism to actually doing textual criticism. I’ve chosen two well-known corruptions to illustrate the process of textual criticism: 1 Timothy 3.16 and 1 John 5.7. In each of these cases
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Show Notes
Today we move from learning about manuscripts and textual criticism to actually doing textual criticism. I’ve chosen two well-known corruptions to illustrate the process of textual criticism: 1 Timothy 3.16 and 1 John 5.7. In each of these cases scribes have altered the text of scripture and we have the manuscript evidence to show exactly what happened.
—— Books ——
- New Testament Text and Translation Commentary by Philip W. Comfort
- Textual Commentary of the Greek New Testament by Bruce Metzger
- The NET Bible with 60,932 Translators’ Notes (online here)
- The Orthodox Corruption of Scripture by Bart Ehrman
- Revisiting the Corruption of the New Testament by Daniel Wallace et al.
- The King James Only Controversy by James White
—— Links ——
- Read my more thorough treatment of 1 John 5.7-8: “The Story behind the Comma Johanneum“
- For background on textual criticism see part 10 New Testament Textual Criticism as well as 6 Greek New Testament Papyri, 7 Greek New Testament Uncials, and 8 Other New Testament Manuscripts
- Check out all the lectures in How We Got the Bible
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