A couple of weeks ago, Bill Mounce asked the question, “Which Greek text?” He compared the Nestle-Aland Novum Testamentum Graece (27th edition, German Bible Society) to The Greek New Testament (4th edition, United Bible Society). He also mentioned a few “specialized Greek texts” including Zondervan’s A Reader’s Greek New Testament. The NA27 and UBS editions of the Greek [...]

Early Church Texts is a great resource for those who want to study some of the early church writings in Greek and Latin. This is the description on the site:
This site gives you access to a vast amount of information on the Early Church (from the first to the fifth century) and a growing number [...]

There are more than 5000 texts of New Testament manuscripts. Some of these contain the entire – or almost the entire – New Testament. Some include on a few words or sentences. Some include writing that are not part of the New Testament.
These 5000 manuscripts do not match one another word for word. Textual criticism [...]

While excavating for a prison, officials in Israel made several important biblical archeological discoveries. Perhaps the most important is a mosaic dated to the early to mid third century (~ 230 AD) which includes an iscription to “God Jesus Christ”.
The inscription appears to read, “The God-loving Akeptous offered the table to God Jesus Christ as a memorial.”
Here [...]