canon
Historical and textual studies explaining how the biblical canon was formed and defended against common objections.
Mark 16, Bruce Metzger & Misinformation Paid Members Public
The following is taken from James E. Snapp Jr.’s post: Mark 16, Bruce Metzger, and Misinformation. Tuesday, June 19, 2012 Very many commentators, when considering Mark 16:9-20, have not investigated the subject directly. Instead, they have relied upon the late Dr. Bruce Metzger’s handbooks A Textual Commentary
Eusebius, Jesus’ Prophecies, Josephus & the Canon Paid Members Public
In this post I will be taking excerpts from Eusebius’ Church History, Book III. In these extracts Eusebius mentions the ministry of the Apostles, their dispersion throughout the world, and some of the books attributed to them and others which were disputed by the early Church, such as 2 Peter.
William Lane Craig is Dangerous! Paid Members Public
The following post is taken from: William Lane Craig’s Dangerous views on Scripture: William Lane Craig’s Dangerous views on Scripture. Welcome to Defender’s Voice. This is Dr.Paul. Thank you for joining us today. Please send me your questions to [email protected]. To support this ministry,
Syriac Sinaiticus’ Gospel Variants Paid Members Public
The Syriac Sinaiticus codex is a 4th century AD manuscript, which contains the oldest translations of the Gospels into the Syriac language: The Syriac Sinaiticus, a late 4th century codex also known also as the Sinaitic Palimpsest or the Codex Syriacus, contains a translation of the four canonical gospels of
An EO’s New Testament Translation Paid Members Public
In this post I will be quoting select references from Eastern Orthodox scholar David Bentley Hart’s The New Testament: A Translation, published by Yale University Press in 2017. As the readers will see, Hart rendering of specific Christological texts is far from Orthodox, and even smacks of outright Arianism.
IRENAEUS ON MARK 16:9-20 Paid Members Public
This post is taken from James Snapp’s blog: The Text of the Gospels: Craig Evans and the Ending of Mark. Craig Evans and the Ending of Mark A prominent evangelical commentator has spread misinformation about an important text-critical question. I wrote this post as a means of doing something
SIRACH & THE TALMUD Paid Members Public
In this post I quote select passages from the Babylonian Talmud where the rabbis affirm the authority of Ecclesiasticus, also known as Ben Sirach, and even quote from it to establish doctrine. The rabbis even placed Sirach in the section called Writings (ketuvim). כָּתוּב בַּתּוֹרָ
RAPHAEL: A LYING ANGEL? Paid Members Public
In attempt to undermine the canonicity of the book of Tobit certain Protestants appeal to the following text where the archangel Raphael is alleged to have lied about his identity: “He replied, ‘I am Azariah, the son of the elder Hananiah, one of your relatives (ton adelphon sou).’” Tobit 5: