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The Textual Mechanic: Mike Licona, Bart Ehrman and Rethinking Biblical Inerrancy
Back in May of 2024, Mike Licona, of Risen Jesus blog, publicly posted his Fall ETS 2023 presentation " Chicago Statement on Biblical Inerra...
The Textual Mechanic: The Christian Codex And The Pocket Sized Bookroll
Scholars often attribute the compactness and portability of a codex as the impetus for Christians to have adopted this format for their scri...
The Textual Mechanic: The Scarcity of Scribes in the Late Roman Empire
Roman Sarcophagus Relief 2nd CE (William Rockhill Nelson Trust ) While reading through an article by Raffaella Cribiore I came across a ...
The Textual Mechanic: Scribal Memory and Textual Fluidity in Copying Christian Texts
Marble Relief of a Scribe from Altar of Domitius Ahenobarbus (ca. 2nd cen.
The Textual Mechanic: How Can We Say the Bible is Inerrant in the Originals (autographs)?
A friend notified me of a recent episode of "The Breifing" by Albert Mohler where he addresses a question sent to him by a listener.
The Textual Mechanic: Some Observations on Orthography and the Π Group
A Shelf in the Old Library at Magdalen College, Oxford After having completed my dissertation for some months, and with it now recently bein...
The Textual Mechanic: Timothy N. Mitchell, "Family Π in the Gospel of Mark" Now Availabile
I was just informed that the PDF version of my PhD dissertation and it's accompanying data are now available freely on the University of Bir...
The Textual Mechanic: Interview With Paul Larson on Credible Faith Podcast
A couple of years ago I was interviewed by Paul Larson of Credible Faith ministries.
The Textual Mechanic: Book Review: Creating the Canon By Benjamin Laird
Creating the Canon: Composition, Controversy, and the Authority of the New Testament . By Benjamin P. Laird.
The Textual Mechanic: How Marginal Comments Can Corrupt a Text in Transmission
A leaf from P.Mich.inv. 6238 (P46) showing the end of Romans and the beginning and title of Hebrews P.Mich.inv.
The Textual Mechanic: Book Review: The Pauline Corpus in Early Christianity by Benjamin Laird
The Pauline Corpus in Early Christianity: Its Formation, Publication, and Circulation. By Benjamin P. Laird.
The Textual Mechanic: The Editio Critica Maior of Mark (the Critical Text) and the Majority Text
The Editio Critica Maior of the Gospel of Mark was published in 2021 and with it an online toolset that allows the user to examine the data ...
The Textual Mechanic: An Autograph Diptych from Roman Britain
While visiting the British Museum I always enjoy viewing the Roman Britain room where the Vindolanda Tablets are on display.
The Textual Mechanic: The Path from Textual Doubt to Textual Confidence
I was recently in Bellingham, WA for helicopter maintenance business and had the opportunity to meet up with Mark Ward who is a philologist ...
The Textual Mechanic: Libanius of Antioch and His Letter Carriers
I am currently reading the book "The School of Libanius in Late Antique Antioch" by Raffaella Cribiore.
The Textual Mechanic: The Oxyrhynchus Papyri and The Titles to Paul's Letters
I have been reading through a new book by Benjamin Laird, Associate Professor of Biblical Studies at Liberty University.
The Textual Mechanic: Review: "Logos and Literacy" by Jordan Peterson
For a limited time, Daily Wire is offering a documentary on the impact of the Christian Bible upon the western world.
The Textual Mechanic: Lincoln College Summer School of Greek Palaeography
Last week I had the wonderful opportunity of attending the 8th Lincoln College Summer School of Greek Palaeography at the University of Oxf...
The Textual Mechanic: Demetrius on Letter Writing and Christian Epistles
I came across an interesting reference by a figure dating from either the second or first century BCE, Demetrius, who some have attributed a...
The Textual Mechanic: Ignatius, Polycarp, and the Pauline Authorship of 1 and 2 Timothy
Page from Codex H (015) at 1 Tim 2.2-6 (6th Century) I recently read an older article in the academic journal Vigiliae Christianae that argu...