AND
MISTAKES
IN
NEW TESTAMENT
TEXTUAL CRITICISM
edited by
ELIJAH HIXSON and
PETER J. GURRY
foreword by
DANIEL B. WALLACE
An imprint of InterVarsity Press
Downers Grove, Illinois
P.O. Box 1400, Downers Grove, IL 60515-1426
©2019 by Elijah Hixson and Peter J. Gurry
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Hixson, Elijah, 1985- editor. | Gurry, Peter J., editor. | Wallace, Daniel B., author of foreword.
Title: Myths and mistakes in New Testament textual criticism / edited by Elijah Hixson and Peter J. Gurry ; foreword by Daniel B. Wallace.
Description: Downers Grove, Illinois : IVP Academic, an imprint of InterVarsity Press, [2019] | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2019029450 (print) | LCCN 2019029451 (ebook) | ISBN 9780830852574 (paperback) | ISBN 9780830866694 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Bible. New Testament—Criticism, Textual.
Classification: LCC BS2325 .M98 2019 (print) | LCC BS2325 (ebook) | DDC 225.4/86—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019029450
LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019029451
Foreword by Daniel B. Wallace
Peter J. Gurry and Elijah Hixson
WHAT THEY WERE AND HOW LONG THEY MAY HAVE SURVIVED
Timothy N. Mitchell
HOW MANY MANUSCRIPTS WE HAVE AND WHY MORE ISN’T ALWAYS BETTER
Jacob W. Peterson
4 MYTHS ABOUT CLASSICAL LITERATURE
RESPONSIBLY COMPARING THE NEW TESTAMENT TO ANCIENT WORKS
James B. Prothro
HOW WE DETERMINE THE AGES OF MANUSCRIPTS
Elijah Hixson
HOW LATER MANUSCRIPTS CAN BE BETTER MANUSCRIPTS
Gregory R. Lanier
THE SCRIBES WHO COPIED OUR EARLIEST MANUSCRIPTS
Zachary J. Cole
THE MISTAKES AND CORRECTIONS SCRIBES MADE
Peter Malik
THE TEXT OF PHILEMON FROM BEGINNING TO END
S. Matthew Solomon
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About Myths and Mistakes in New Testament Textual CriticismSince the unexpected popularity of Bart Ehrman’s bestselling Misquoting Jesus, textual criticism has become a staple of Christian apologetics. Ehrman’s skepticism about recovering the original and inerrant text of the New Testament does deserve a response. However, this renewed apologetic interest in textual criticism has created fresh problems for evangelicals. An unfortunate proliferation of myths, mistakes, and misinformation has arisen about this technical area of biblical studies. In this volume Elijah Hixson and Peter Gurry, along with a team of New Testament textual critics, offer up-to-date, accurate information on the history and current state of the New Testament text that will serve apologists and Christian students even as it offers a self-corrective to evangelical excesses. |
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