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Textual Criticism [NT] – Jennings, Wallace, Gurry

New Testament Textual Criticism

                                      by Dr. Mark Jennings

There is a more extensive webliography of Youtube sources on New Testament Textual Criticism featuring leading experts like Dr. Daniel Wallace and Dr. Peter Gurry available and playlisted at: https://biblicalelearning.org/textual-criticism-new-testament-dr-mark-jennings/.

The following three videos by Mark Jennings are a brief overview of textual criticism. He teaches at Gordon Conwell Seminary (Wenham, MA). He has a Ph. D. from Marquette University and has written articles on “The Veil and the High Priestly Robes of the Incarnation: Understanding the Context of Heb 10:20,” in Perspectives in Religious Studies 31 (2010) 85-97 and
“Patronage and Rebuke in Paul’s Persuasion in 2 Corinthians 8-9,” in
the Journal of Greco-Roman Christianity and Judaism 6 (2009) 107-27. This video
was produced by Ted Hildebrandt and biblicalelearning.org

Dr. Mark Jennings, New Testament Textual Criticism–Session 1, Manuscripts
(60 mins)             Audio mp3   

Dr. Mark Jennings, New Testament Text Criticism, Session 2, Methodology
(42 mins)             Audio mp3   

Dr. Mark Jennings, New Testament Text Criticism, Session 3, Examples, John 8, Mark 16
(33 mins)             Audio mp3   

Youtube Resources on The Vulgate

Dr. Ryan Reeves, The History of the Vulgate
(46 mins)  — Dr. Reeves posted this on Youtube, I am linking to it with great thanks to Dr. Reeves for his excellent work on this topic

Third Millennium – Bibles that Changed the World:  The Latin Vulgate Full Lesson [Bible Museum also sponsored this I believe
(28 mins)  

Youtube Resources on Textual Criticism
[ Wallace and Gurry]

   Youtube videos with Dr. Daniel Wallace
                   on Textual Criticism:

Daniel Wallace, The Basics of New Testament Textual Criticism Part 1
             https://youtu.be/xkxMKFKczoY [2 hrs 12 min.]
Daniel Wallace, The Basics of New Testament Textual Criticism Part 2
             https://youtu.be/Doi8JxJOtgE [2 hrs. 17 min]
Daniel Wallace, How badly has the Bible been Corrupted
              https://youtu.be/ImQ860YhCOY [1 hr. 46 min.]
Daniel Wallace, Is What We Have Now What They Wrote Then? Part 1
               https://youtu.be/u0v6JItV5-w [22 min.] Biola Univ.
Daniel Wallace, Is What We Have Now What They Wrote Then? Part 2
               https://youtu.be/unlMULCNDUU [22 min.] Biola Univ.
Daniel Wallace, How Badly did the Scribes Corrupt the New Testament
                https://youtu.be/PleQzrEpGVU [31 min.]
Daniel Wallace, Introduction to New Testament Textual Criticism 
              https://youtu.be/arDUbZnpICA [34 min.]
Daniel Wallace, The Reliability of the New Testament
               with Dr. Daniel Wallace
               https://youtu.be/PDrzQCwclXk [1 hr. 18 min.]
Daniel Wallace, Did the Ancient Church Muzzle the Canon? 
                 https://youtu.be/wcWbV3QUfIg [27 min.] Biola Univ.
Daniel Wallace, Weighing the Discrepancies in the Greek New
                 Testament Documents 
                  https://youtu.be/SfyEtXjPdR4 [25 min.]
Daniel Wallace, Is What We Have Now What They Wrote Then? 
                 Text and Canon Institute  
                  https://youtu.be/FHP9aNDXDTw [1 hr. 6 min.]
Daniel Wallace, Greek Manuscripts of the New Testament 
                   https://youtu.be/5nfn2j1hQHs [44 min.]
Daniel Wallace, The Reliability of the New Testament             
                    https://youtu.be/PDrzQCwclXk [1 hr 18 min.]

Youtube videos featuring Dr. Peter Gurry:

R. Grant Jones, Myths and Mistakes in New Testament Textual
                      Criticism 
                    https://youtu.be/p93j2hZC7NI [12 min.]
Daily Dose of Greek, Myths and Mistakes in New Testament
                        Textual Criticism by Peter Gurry and Elijah Hixson
                        (IVP, 2019). https://youtu.be/vZNZtYynVcw  [3 mins.]
Talking Christianity – Apologetics,  Part 1- The “Text and Transmission”
                          with Peter Gurry, Jeff Riddle and James Snapp, Jr.
                          https://youtu.be/1OjIPmwoL4U   [1 hr. 46 mins.]
Talking Christianity – Apologetics,  Part 2- “The Text and Transmission”
                          with Peter Gurry, Jeff Riddle and James Snapp,  Jr.
                       https://youtu.be/U2_hVQmx0nk  [1 hr. 1 min.]
Cross Examined, CE LIVE Show: Myths and Mistakes in New Testament
                           Textual Criticism w/ Dr. Peter J.  Gurry
                            https://youtu.be/hLol6MmAJJ0 [1 hr. 46 mins.]
Sean McDowell with Dr. Peter J. Gurry. Avoiding Big Mistakes
                             in Defending the Bible: Interview with Dr. Peter
                             Gurry https://youtu.be/EPXY2PF7eB0  [1 hr. 6 mins.]
Dr. Peter J. Gurry and VadaRealMC, Myths and Mistakes in NT Textual
                         Criticism w. Dr. Peter Gurry [1 hr. 4 mins.]
                             https://youtu.be/JyakRfJSQO4

      Helpful Books on New Testament
                     Textual Criticism:


Aland,  Kurt and Barbara. The Text of the New Testament: An 
            Introduction to the Critical Editions and to the Theory and
            Practice of Modern Textual Criticism (Eerdmans, 1995).
Black, David Alan.  New Testament Textual Criticism
           (Baker Academic, 1994).
Black, David Alan.  Rethinking New Testament Textual Criticism,
           (Baker Publishing Group, 2002).
Bruce, F. F. The New Testament Documents:  Are they Reliable?
             Eerdmans reprinted, 2003. 
Elliott, James Keith. New Testament Textual Criticism: The 
            Application of Thoroughgoing Principles on Manuscripts
            and Textual Variation (Novum Testamentum, Supplements)
            (Brill, 2010). 
Greenlee, J. Harold. Introduction to New Testament Textual 
             Criticism (Baker, 1993). 
Gurry, Peter J. and Elijah Hixson. Myths and Mistakes in New 
            Testament Textual Criticism (IVP Academic, 2019).
Gurry, Peter J. A Critical Examination of the Coherence-Based
             Genealogical Method in New Testament Textual 
              Criticism (Brill, 2017). 
Gurry, Peter J. and Tommy Wasserman, A New Approach to Textual
              Criticism: An Introduction to the Coherence-Based 
              Genealogical Method (SBL Press/DBG, 2017).  
Kilpatrick, G. D. The Principles and Practice of New Testament
             Textual Criticism. Collected Essays Edited by J. K. 
              Elliott (Peeters Publishers, 1990)
Metzger, Bruce M. A Textual Commentary on the Greek New
             Testament (United Bible Society, 2005). 
Metzger, Bruce M.  The Text of the New Testament: Its 
              Transmission, Corruption, and Restoration (Oxford
               University Press, 1992; 3rd ed.). 
Porter, Stanley E. and Andrew W. Pitts, Fundamentals of New 
             Testament Textual Criticism (Eerdmans, 2015). 
Widder, Wendy and Douglas Mangum.  Textual Criticism of
              the Bible (Lexham Press, 2014). 


Web Resources on Old Testament Text Criticism

This is a phenomenal resource of sources for Old Testament Text Criticism compiled by Dr. Immanuel Tov who is the world expert on this subject.    
Electronic Resources Relevant to Textual Criticism of the Hebrew Scripture. 

This resource was discovered from the web site: 
Afet – Facharbeitsgruppe AT. Thanks to Walter Hilbrands!

Online Articles on Textual Criticism

Grisanti, Michael A. “Inspiration, Inerrancy, and the OT Canon:
         The Place of Textual Updating in an Inerrant View of
            Scripture,” JETS 44/4 (December 2001) 577–98

Wallace, Daniel B. “Challenges in New Testament Textual Criticism
             for the Twenty-First Century,” JETS 52/1 (March 2009) 79–100

Wallace, Daniel B. “The Majority Text Theory: History, Methods
           and Critique ,” JETS 37/2 (June 1994) 185-215