About Can I Trust My Bible? From What Was Written to What I'm Reading
This podcast explores the transmission of the Biblical text throughout the ages, and how by textual criticism we can ensure that our Bibles today read the same as they were originally written.
Music by Stevia Sphere: https://steviasphere.bandcamp.com
Let's continue discussing the New Testament papyri, specifically the history of their recent discovery and addition into the critical apparatuses of the Greek New Testament as well as how they have impacted modern English translations.
22 Aug 2025
Episode 13: The New Testament Papyri Pt. 1
We've already given an overview of the main categories of New Testament manuscripts. Now let's take a look at the first of those categories, the New Testament papyri. Interestingly, the first copies written, but the most recent to impact the Greek New Testament and English translations. Let's get familiar with the basic in's and out's of the NT papyri and come to understand why they are so important.
2 Aug 2025
Episode 12: Categories of the New Testament Manuscripts
To know the trustworthiness of a reading, you need to know the trustworthiness of the manuscripts that support that reading. In this episode we go over the six categories of New Testament manuscripts: the papyri, uncials, minuscules, lectionaries, early quotations, and ancient translations. We'll get an idea of what each of these categories and discuss their strengths and weaknesses. Just understanding a manuscript's category can already tell us a great deal about that manuscript. In future episodes we'll look at each manuscript more carefully.
15 Apr 2022
Episode 11: Examining the "Testimony" of the New Testament Manuscripts
In this episode we discuss the basic guidelines textual critics employ when evaluating the quality of variant readings by comparing it to how a jury examines eyewitness testimony. We'll see that this process is not as complicated as it might seem.
6 Mar 2022
Episode 10: Comparing the Septuagint and Masoretic Text With John Weaver Pt. 2
In this episode, we'll shift our discussion to how these two ancient texts have impacted the New Testament text and first century Christianity.
17 Feb 2022
Episode 9: Comparing the Septuagint and Masoretic Text With John Weaver Pt. 1
After being introduced to these two Old Testament documents, let's sit down with Dr. John Weaver as he helps us better understand their similarities, differences, and impacts on our modern translations.
9 Dec 2021
Episode 8: Getting Familiar With the Septuagint
We know that manuscripts in the original languages are essential when it comes to determining the original text, but what about ancient translations? Let's take a look at the most well known ancient translation of the Old Testament Text: the Septuagint. How valuable is it? And how does it compare to the original Hebrew text?
9 Dec 2021
Episode 7: The Original Languages of the Biblical Text Pt. 2
In episode six, we started talking about the two original languages of the Old Testament, Hebrew and Aramaic. This episode picks up right where we left off in the middle of our discussion about Aramaic and then moves onto discussing Greek, the language of the New Testament text.
16 Oct 2021
Episode 6: The Original Languages of the Biblical Text Pt. 1
Have you ever heard that the Bible can't be trusted because it's been translated too many times? Is there any truth to this claim? In this episode we begin talking about the original languages of the Biblical text. What they are, what we know about their history, and how this impacts our English Bibles that we read today.
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25 Aug 2021
Episode 5: The Varied Writing Mediums of the Biblical Manuscripts
From stone tablets to parchment codices, what varied writing mediums were employed when authoring the originals and inscribing copies? Did the ancients really have the resources to successfully transmit these sacred texts through time? Soon we will start looking at different Biblical manuscripts and how they can help us derive the most accurate readings, so let's first get familiar with some of the basics. What is the manuscript made of? And what does that tell us about its text?
10 Aug 2021
Episode 4: Discussing New Testament Authorship With Jeff Smelser, Pt. 2
We continue to speak with Jeff Smelser about the original authors of the New Testament books and when they were written.
31 Jul 2021
Episode 3: Discussing New Testament Authorship With Jeff Smelser, Pt. 1
Who wrote the 27 books of the New Testament? When were they written, and why does it matter? Let's sit down and discuss the New Testament authorship with a good friend and great Bible scholar, Jeff Smelser.
16 Jun 2021
Episode 2: Did Moses Write the Pentateuch, and Why Does It Matter?
Before we start talking about the copies of the originals, let's talk a little about the originals themselves. Who wrote them? and When? In this episode we will consider the Mosaic authorship or the Pentateuch and why it matters to us today.
19 May 2021
Episode 1: Four Steps to Get God's Message to Us
In this introductory episode we challenge the claim made by many that the Bible hasn't been accurately transmitted through the ages, and consider the four steps of how we get God's message today: inspiration, transmission, translation, and interpretation.
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