THE NEW TESTAMENT: Its Background, Setting & Content
by Dr. Thomas Marshall
https://www.amazon.com/dp/194575740X

THE APOLOGISTS: Were They Christian Defenders of the Faith?

Marcion of Sinope: He was a rich young man who was also a significant leader in early Christianity (c. 85 – c. 160 C.E.). He publicly stated that Christians should reject the Old Testament. The other Church leaders would eventually reject him, and he chose to set himself apart from the orthodox Christianity of the...

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What Are the Syriac Versions and How Have They Helped to Restore the Greek Text of the New Testament?

Syria was a region with the Mesopotamia to its East, with the Lebanon Mountains on the West, the Taurus Mountains to its North, and Palestine and the Arabian Desert to its south. Syria played a very prominent role in the early growth of Christianity.

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Getting started a little late but let the semester begin with Greek

Comparison of Codex Sinaiticus and Codex Vaticanus

It is often argued by the Textus Receptus Onlyists and the King James Version Onlyists that there are thousands of differences between Codex Vatican and Codex Sinaiticus. John Miller on Social media makes a typical comment: "You think the TR is corrupt? What about the ~3500 differences between Vaticanus and Sinaiticus just in the gospels...

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Papyrus 4/64/67 (P4/P64/P67) Alexandrian Text Type (150-175 C.E.)

Textual Character: P4 is of the Alexandrian text-type and agrees with P75 and B 93 percent of the time. The copyist of P4 was likely a professional scribe. “P4 and P75 are identical in forty complete verses, with only five significant exceptions (Luke 3:22, 36; 5:39; 6:11, 14).”...

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Byzantine Text-Type of Greek New Testament Manuscripts

The Majority Text is nearly synonymous with the Byzantine Text because it was in Byzantium (and surrounds) that the Lucian text was copied again and again until it was standardized in thousands of manuscripts. (Phillip Comfort)

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The Greek Septuagint and Other Versions

Ancient Versions A version is a translation of the Bible from Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek into another language. Actually, the entire Bible has been translated into over 700 languages, although sections of the Bible have been translated into more than 2,000 languages. Bible translation in part or whole from the original languages into another language...

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