Maurice A. Robinson There has been no change in people’s opinions of the Byzantine text. Critics may be kinder to Byzantine readings–but for reasons not related to their Byzantine nature. It’s not really much of a change. Bob Waltz (Internet email)...
(Article from the Greek Majority Text by Farstad and Dunkin, 2nd Editon) INTRODUCTION The New Testament was originally written by its inspired authors in the Greek language. Through many centuries, until the invention of printing (about a.d. 1450), it was handed...
WHAT DIFFERENCE DOES IT MAKE? Wilbur N. Pickering, ThM PhD It has been commonly argued, for at least 200 years,[1] that no matter what Greek text one may use no doctrine will be affected. In my own experience, for over thirty years, when I have raised the question of...
I am fascinated by the varying lexical collocations different languages have in their linguistic toolkits. In English we use the metaphor of distance or travel to refer to time. For instance, in English we can say that some romantic episode is “past” or...
In order to support their claim that the Qur’an is the inspired word of God, superseding all previous revelations, Muslims sustain an attack upon all competing claims. For the most part their efforts are directed against their chief rival, the Bible. Their accusations...
Every generation has its doctrinal problems and this one is no exception. Sometimes those problems develop within the circle of conservatism, a fact which is also true of this day. The discussions which have arisen among conservatives in the field of eschatology are...
