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Textual Criticism
The history of the Greek text behind modern translations
About this Class
Dr. Daniel Wallace is one of the world's leading textual critics. His ministry, the Center for the Study of New Testament Manuscripts (CSNTM.org) is currently the most prolific organization for discovering, photographing, and cataloging ancient Greek manuscripts of the New Testament. In this class, he discusses the issues of textual variants, how ancient manuscripts were made, the types of errors that we can see in the manuscripts, the issue of the Textus Receptus and its role in the King James translation of the Bible, the historic work of Westcott and Hort, and ends with discussions of the most famous textual problems.
Dr. Wallace gives a three hour summary of this class in our Academy program. The first of the lectures is here.
Please visit Dr. Wallace's ministry, Center for the Study of New Testament Manuscripts and support them financially.
Thank you to our friends at Credo House for sharing this class with us. You can purchase their workbook or the DVDs for the class from them.
Are there people out there who can help us?
We need the following for each of Dr. Wallace's lectures:
- Two sentence summary of each lecture
If you can, please contact us here.
Special thanks to Chico Diaz for the detailed outline of each lecture.
Lectures
Lecture 4
Much more important than the total number of textual variants is the nature of the variants. This lecture discusses how textual critics classify variants as meaningful and/or viable, and the number of variants that fall into each category.
Lecture 16
Lecture 16. The time of the lecture for this class is actually 30 minutes. The video that Credo House sent us is over an hour long, but the content ends at 30 minutes.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Who are the programs intended for?
The Foundations program is intended for everyone, regardless of biblical knowledge. The Academy program is intended for those who would like more advanced studies. And the Institute program is intended for those who want to study seminary-level classes.
Do I need to take the classes in a specific order?
In the Foundations and Academy programs, we recommend taking the classes in the order presented, as each subsequent class will build on material from previous classes. In the Institute program, the first 11 classes are foundational. Beginning with Psalms, the classes are on specific books of the Bible or various topics.
Do you offer transfer credit for completing a certificate program?
At this time, we offer certificates only for the classes on the Certificates page. While we do not offer transfer credit for completing a certificate program, you will be better equipped to study the Bible and apply its teachings to your life.