New Testament Studies

Jesus of Testimony

February 20, 2014 By ELLIOTT NESCH

An indispensible look at the Jesus of history and the Jesus of the Bible. . . Jesus of Testimony is hands down the best and most comprehensive look at the historical Jesus.

- Greg West, The Poached Egg, Ratio Christi’s Christian Worldview and Apologetics Network

For more information, visit the official Jesus of Testimony page. Did Jesus really exist? If so, what can we know about Him historically? For any Christian, the historicity of Jesus isn’t merely a matter of curiosity. The Christian faith is dependent upon the incarnation, life, death, and resurrection of Jesus as historical reality. But how can we know if the Jesus of the the Gospels is historical or legendary? Jesus of Testimony answers many of the important questions for skeptics as well as Christians in the area of Christian apologetics. [Read more...]

Filed Under: Apologetics, Bart Ehrman, Canon, Faith, Gospel, HBP Films, Healing, Jesus, Jesus Myth, Kingdom of God, Manuscript Evidence, Miracles, New Testament Studies, Orality, Papias, Paul the Apostle, Peter the Apostle, Prophecy, Repentance, Textual Criticism

Dan Wallace at Ouachita

October 27, 2013 By ELLIOTT NESCH

Dan Wallace is professor of New Testament Studies at Dallas Theological Seminary. He is also the founder and executive director of the Center for the Study of New Testament Manuscripts, the purpose of which is digitizing all known Greek manuscripts of the New Testament via digital photographs. Below is a video of Wallace at Ouachita Baptist University. He responds to many misconceptions about the manuscript evidence for the New Testament and presents the case for the reliability of the New Testament.

Daniel B. Wallace from Ouachita Baptist University on Vimeo.

Critics Misuse of Codex Sinaiticus

September 19, 2013 By ELLIOTT NESCH

Chris Rosebrough is host of Fighting for the Faith and the Captain of Pirate Christian Radio. Below is an excellent article by Chris which challenges the BBC’s higher critics misuse of the Codex Sinaiticus. Re-posted with permission, the original here.

Challenging the BBC’s Higher Critics Misuse of Codex Sinaiticus by Chris Rosebrough

In the conversation that has recently erupted regarding the authenticity and reliability of Codex Sinaiticus, a concern has been raised regarding how higher critics, particularly those featured in a recent BBC documentary, are using this manuscript in order to cast theological doubt on such core Christian doctrines as Christ’s deity and his resurrection appearances. The fear expressed by some, who cannot read Sinaiticus, is that because these Higher Critics point to particular features of the codex as alleged proof to support their hypercritical views of the New Testament, the manuscript itself is corrupted and that it is not only unwise to base any modern translations on its text, it is probably harmful to Christian orthodoxy to do so.

As someone who has a degree in Biblical languages, has been reading the Greek New Testament for 25 years and is capable of reading Codex Sinaiticus, I will demonstrate that it is not Sinaiticus that is to blame for the fear and confusion that is being spread. Instead, the real culprits, as you will soon see, are the faulty logic and selective (mis)quoting of the codex by the BBC’s higher critics.

What the BBC’s Higher Critics Said About Sinaiticus

In order to bring you up to speed, it is necessary for you to watch the BBC’s short discussion of Codex Sinaiticus. To help facilitate that, I’ve embeded the video below.

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I’ve already addressed the issue of the nature of the textual variants / corrections in Codex Sinaiticus on the September 9th, 2013 episode of my radio program. You can listen to it by clicking here.  In this article I will answer the question, “Does Codex Sinaiticus Teach that Jesus Wasn’t the Son of God Until He Was Baptized?”

In my follow up article I will answer the question, “Does Codex Sinaiticus Deny That Jesus Rose Bodily From the Grave by Omitting the Resurrection Appearances of Jesus?”

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