Latest Episodes
An Important Early Christian Writing
Bart continues his discussion of "original" writings by introducing (or re-introducing) the Didache. Read by Mike Johnson.
The Silencing of Women: 1 Cor. 14:34-35 as an Interpolation
Was Paul's Corinthian admonition a later addition? Read by Ken Teutsch.
A Major Argument that We Can Be Sure We Have the Original Text
The tenacity of the text, and why the original text isn't necessarily very tenacious. Read by Steve McCabe.
Dubious Arguments that we CAN get to the "Original Text"
Can we realistically hope to re-create the original texts of any ancient manuscripts? Bart says no. Read by Steve McCabe.
Don't the MOST Manuscripts Show What An Author Wrote?
Bart shows how the "majority text" came to be the authoritative source for Bible translations in English. Read by John Paul Middlesworth.
Even If We Can Imagine an "Original" Text, How Could We Know if We Had It?
Bart explores why some people need to know what the "original" text of the Bible said. Read by John Paul Middlesworth.