An Insider’s Look Into the Work of CSNTM

The three largest discoveries of New Testament manuscripts in the last half-century are discussed by Dr. Daniel B. Wallace of the Center for the Study of New Testament Manuscripts (CSNTM).

The primary goal of CSNTM, to preserve and make available ancient manuscripts of the New Testament, is elaborated upon by Dr. Daniel B. Wallace of the Center for the Study of New Testament Manuscripts (CSNTM) in an interview that was recorded for the Sky Network.

Dr. Daniel B. Wallace recounts photographing old fragments of Romans in majuscule script that had been re-purposed for a book binding.

Dr. Jeff Hargis discusses how CSNTM consults a book and now a website known as the Kurzgefasste Liste to determine whether a new manuscript has been discovered.

A famous verse to the practice of New Testament Textual Criticism (NTTC) known as the Comma Johanneum, 1 John 5:7, is elaborated upon here by Dr. Daniel B. Wallace of the Center for the Study of New Testament Manuscripts (CSNTM).

The University of Michigan is the house of approximately 1 out of every 6 Greek New Testament manuscripts. Dr. Daniel B. Wallace of the Center for the Study of New Testament Manuscripts (CSNTM) describes the opportunity and difficulty of photographing Codex 2364, affectionately dubbed "The Wee Beastie," due to its tiny size and beastly difficulty of photographing it.

The Center for the Study of New Testament Manuscripts (CSNTM) exists to digitally preserve ancient manuscripts of the New Testament with specialized photographic equipment in order that scholars around the world may have uninhibited access to these ancient wonders in high resolution images. This advertisement serves to promote the purposes of CSNTM abroad.

The National Archive in Tirana, Albania was thought to be home to 13 Greek New Testament manuscripts. A team led by Dr. Daniel B. Wallace from the Center for the Study of New Testament Manuscripts (CSNTM) went to Albania to photograph these manuscripts, but upon arrival found that the archive is actually home to nearly 47 Greek New Testament manuscripts! Most of these had never been cataloged by Western scholarship.

The experiences of a team from the Center for the Study of New Testament Manuscripts (CSNTM) during an expedition to the Monastery of St. John the Apostle on the Greek isle of Patmos is chronicled by Dr. Daniel B. Wallace.  Join the team as they journey into the monastery to photograph ancient manuscripts and share fellowship with the monks of the monastery.