What is Textual Criticism? Textual criticism is a branch of textual scholarship, philology, and of literary criticism that is concerned with the identification of textual variants, or different versions, of either manuscripts or of printed … [Continue reading] about Intro to Textual criticism
"The real New Testament is the Greek New Testament. The English is simply a translation of the New Testament, not the actual New Testament. It is good that the New Testament has been translated into so many languages. The fact that it was written in … [Continue reading] about Quote of the Week
I highly recommend acquiring the Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia If you have an interest in the philology of the Hebrew Bible, and let's be honest who doesn't? Then you need to aquire a Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia (BHS)! Why you ask? Good … [Continue reading] about What is meant in the BHS Critical Apparatus of Genesis 38:9, 16, 18?
Not everything found in Codices of Hebrew Bible nor in the printed editions of the Hebrew Bible is translated in Christian editions of the OT. There are numerous notes, lists, and pages left by the Masoretes that are rarely if ever translated … [Continue reading] about Genesis 18:22 (phenomenon)
One of the aspects of the Biblical literature that I am very fond of is that is both familiar and unfamiliar at the very same time. If you have grown up in a community that values Biblical literature you have probably at some point read stories from … [Continue reading] about Genesis 18:1