Exploring My Strange Bible Old Testament Manuscripts & the Making of the New Testament (Remastered)
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Feb 20, 2026 A deep dive into Old Testament manuscript families and the surprising variants they contain. A side-by-side look at Masoretic, Septuagint, and Dead Sea Scroll traditions using Jeremiah and Isaiah. Exploration of how Gospel texts were compiled, dated, and transmitted. Stories of letters, couriers, and how early writings circulated and became the New Testament collection.
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Avoid Doom-Based Conclusions From Variants
- Don't conclude textual variation means we can't recover original Scripture; use the manuscript tradition to reconstruct texts.
- Trust that careful scholarship gives us strong grounds for recovering the Bible's original wording and theology.
Critical Editions Underpin Translations
- Modern scholarly editions (e.g., Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia) use a base manuscript and list variants from other witnesses.
- These critical editions form the textual foundation for English translations.
NT Books Written Within 45–100 CE
- The New Testament books were written roughly between 45 and 100 CE, with John and Revelation likely last.
- This tight chronological window lets scholars reasonably reconstruct authorship and dating.
