Christianity Today Articles on Greek Manuscripts Found in Albania

Of interest to the readers of Parchment & Pen: Christianity Today this week (April 23, 2008) published its article on the Greek New Testament manuscripts that the Center for the Study of New Testament Manuscripts (www.csntm.org) discovered in Albania last summer. It appeared both as a full-length interview in the on-line version of CT and a shorter treatment in the print version for May 2008. In addition, the on-line CT had a sidebar discussing the story of the woman caught in adultery (John 7:53-8:11). For this article, the reporter interviewed a few scholars (including Ben Witherington, Craig Evans, Mike Holmes, and Doug Moo) about the authenticity of the pericope and, if inauthentic, how they viewed the story. This article was included because several of the newly discovered manuscripts in Albania either lacked the story or placed it at the end of John. Interesting perspectives on whether it should be treated as scripture and whether it was historical.

The on-line interview is found here: http://www.ctlibrary.com/ct/2008/aprilweb-only/117-32.0.html

The sidebar on John 7:53-8:11 is found here: http://www.ctlibrary.com/ct/2008/aprilweb-only/117-31.0.html

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1 Response to "Christianity Today Articles on Greek Manuscripts Found in Albania"

Andrew T.
2012-05-23

Hey the pol says “Why did Jesus say that he did not know the time of his coming?” but limits it to a few rather disappointing answers because it is a fallacy.

Perhaps Jesus didn’t know the time of his coming because it was at the time of his speaking – sealed (by the father). It would be a fallacy to believe that such a lack of knowledge was true for all time though. In other words, what he spoke was true at that time of speaking only. Consider Jesus says this in [Mark 13:32] which is the same instance as [Luke 21].

Afterwards Jesus is crucified, dies and is resurrected, but then what happens?

[Luke 24] says he parts from them and ascends into heaven. Then John sees heaven where the sealed scroll is in the hand of the Father and not accessible to anyone [Rev 5:1-4]. The very thing the apostles were asking about John is seeing in heaven.

Because no one was able to unseal the scroll, John weeps [Rev 5:4] but then John notices the ascended lamb who opens the scroll…

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