Bible Versions and Translations
Jul 9
The “Original” Bible and the Dead Sea Scrolls
By: Noah Wiener
More than 200 Biblical texts written in Hebrew were discovered among the Dead Sea Scrolls. How do these ancient Biblical texts compare with the Masoretic Text and the Greek Septuagint in scholars’ search for the most authoritative text of the Hebrew Bible?
Jul 5
Dating the Oldest New Testament Christian Manuscripts
By: Marek Dospěl
The New Testament that we read today in many different translations is not based on one single manuscript of the original Greek text. Why? There […]
Jul 2
The Sayings of Jesus in the Gospel of Thomas
By: Robin Ngo
New Testament scholar Simon Gathercole examines what the sayings of Jesus in the Gospel of Thomas reveal about the early Christian world in which they were written.
Jul 2
The Gospel of Thomas’s 114 Sayings of Jesus
By: BAS Staff
Read the 114 sayings of Jesus from the Gospel of Thomas as translated by Stephen J. Patterson and James M. Robinson.
Jun 24
Identifying Biblical Authors with Statistical Analysis
The Hebrew Bible is the product of centuries of oral and written transmission, combining numerous sources and multiple redactions. Although this has been a long-recognized […]
May 26
Comparing Ancient Biblical Manuscripts
By: BAS Staff
Until it was damaged and partially lost, the Aleppo Codex was considered to be the “crown” of ancient Biblical manuscripts, and was the version of the Hebrew Bible that was ultimately considered the most authoritative text in Judaism. Its loss was an enormous blow to Jewish scholarship. However, another complete codex still exists: The Leningrad Codex. How does it compare to its more distinguished cousin?
May 18
Paul’s Lost Words Recovered
An international research team led by Professor Garrick Allen at the University of Glasgow recently conducted a major manuscript recovery project of Codex H. This […]
Feb 19
What’s Missing from Codex Sinaiticus, the Oldest New Testament?
By: BAS Staff
Compare differences in the Biblical text between the King James Version and Codex Sinaiticus, the oldest New Testament.
Feb 18
Enslaved Scribes and the New Testament
Slavery is hard to sit with. It exposes grave horrors in how people have treated each other and challenges core beliefs about human worth and […]
Feb 3
Errors in the Masoretes’ “Original” Hebrew Manuscripts of the Bible?
By: BAS Staff
The Hebrew Bible today differs from the Bible manuscripts of the first millennium B.C.E. How do we identify alterations? Learn why critical editions of the Bible are essential.
