Peter Gurry: Reliability of the New Testament Text

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Watch "Reliability of the New Testament Text” by Peter Gurry
0:00 Introduction
1:08 Father forgive them (Luke 23:34)
2:04 A quote from Bart Ehrman
3:17 A quote from Scott Adams
4:59 Textual criticism is needed because...
5:28 #1 The originals are lost
6:06 #2 Copying by hand is hard
7:02 #3 The surviving copies don't all agree
8:29 #4 God inspired authors, not scribes
9:14 The evidence - #1 Greek manuscripts
10:16 #2 Translations
10:57 #3 Citations
12:57 Greek manuscripts by century
14:29 A copy of 1 Peter and 2 Peter
16:03 Greek manuscripts by content
19:32 Earliest copy of Mark
20:01 A quote from the Egypt Exploration Society
22:40 Comparing Mark with ancient works
24:53 A quote from Giorgio Pasquali
26:03 Another quote from Bart Ehrman
28:11 Mark 1:1 in Sinaiticus
30:35 Mark 1:1 in GA582 (14th century)
34:37 And that is what we are (1 John 3:1)
35:30 How many variants are there?
39:43 How often do editors guess?
41:56 Is Christian doctrine affected by variants? (Acts 13:33)
43:54 Are variants found in important verses? Do variants undermine Christian doctrine?
44:24 A quote from John Frame
44:49 A quote from J.A. Bengel
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Peter Gurry joined the Phoenix Seminary faculty in 2017 and teaches courses in Greek Language and New Testament literature. His research interests range across the history and formation of the Bible, Greek grammar, and the history of New Testament scholarship. He has presented his work at the Society of Biblical Literature, the Evangelical Theological Society, and the British New Testament Conference. He and his wife have six children, two cats, and a tortoise and are members at Whitton Avenue Bible Church. He has been known to enjoy cheap fast food, good typography, and Jack London stories.
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wonderful information - thank you!

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Glad it was helpful!

[@nilo1960220]

Good talk. Thanks

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You bet

[@JustinleeBeaver]

Awesome textual criticism discussion!

[@RobertFurrow]

It was great!

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