Textual Criticism

“Are textual variants in the Greek New Testament a new thing or an old one in the church? Should Christian disagreements over them cause division? Is one or more side in this dispute heretical?” - Ward on Words

“While textual criticism isn’t ‘liberal’ or ‘conservative’ in and of itself… there weren’t many evangelical scholars in this field in the ’80s and ’90s…. My, how things have changed.” - TGC

“[Peter Montoro is] going to describe his work on an upcoming edition of the Tindle House Greek New Testament and describe advances in the field of New Testament textual criticism. We’re going to try to make this accessible for people who are not specialists.” - Ward on Words

“Elizabeth Schrader Polczer … claims editors in the second century rewrote the story of Mary, Martha, and Lazarus to hide the original secret story written about Lazarus and only one sister, Mary, who she claims is Mary Magdalene.” - Darrell Post

Did the rediscovery of the ancient manuscripts Sinaiticus and Vaticanus really lead to massive changes in our Greek New Testaments? - Mark Ward

“Did Erasmus back translate the last five verses of Revelation from Latin to Greek in his textual critical work or did he place the Latin in the Greek text as a placeholder until his publisher was able to find a Greek text containing those five verses?” - Ref21

“These issues have not turned us into liberals…. our faith and our doctrine have been shaped by looking at what God has actually revealed and preserved for us.” - Mark Ward

“In delivering the words he wanted us to have, God chose the supernatural means of divine inspiration and inscripturation. In preserving the words he wanted us to have, God chose the providential means of human transmission and translation.” - P&D

“the Textual Confidence Collective … discuss whether the ideas of Westcott and Hort really control the current practice of New Testament textual criticism, and short the answer is, ‘No’ ” - Mark Ward