Pioneers of the Trade: Famous Text-Critical Scholars

Dr. Larry Hurtado, Emeritus Professor of New Testament Language, Literature, and Theology at the University of Edinburgh, describes the early Christian use of codices, nomina sacra, and the staurogram.

Dr. Bill Warren, Director of The Center for New Testament Textual Studies, elaborated on the current state of textual criticism, especially related to the discovery of new manuscripts. He also shared how his Center for New Testament Textual Studies (CNTTS) is making contributions through their critical apparatus and other projects.

Dr. Tommy Wasserman, Academic Dean and Lecturer in New Testament Örebro School of Theology, describes how textual critics have used the Internet to accomplish their work, his work with the International Greek New Testament Project (IGNTP), and the Editio Critica Maior (ECM).

Peter J. Gurry, a PhD candidate in New Testament at the University of Cambridge, describes how the Coherence Based Genealogical Method (CBGM) is used to relate texts of the New Testament and determine their starting point.

Dr. Ekaterini Tsalampouni, Lecturer in New Testament at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, describes her research on New Testament inscriptions, the Byzantine text, and how the digitization of New Testament manuscripts is revolutionizing the field of New Testament textual criticism.

Dr. Peter J. Williams, Warden of Tyndale House in Cambridge, describes the role his research institution plays in the work of textual criticism and how the Center for the Study of New Testament Manuscripts (CSNTM) is contributing to the field.

Westcott and Hort revolutionized the way in which textual criticism is done.

The Textus Receptus (TR) is the Greek New Testament text edited by Erasmus of Rotterdam that was the basis for Reformation-era translations of the New Testament.

An introduction to the discipline of New Testament manuscript collation through a biographical account of Herman C. Hoskier’s complete coalition of Revelation.

Bruce Metzger was one of the finest minds in New Testament studies in the twentieth century.