By Denis Salgado Recently, some CSNTM staff members visited an academic library in the US. Wrapped in cloth, enclosed in a box, and placed in a room somewhere was a New Testament manuscript. According to the official list of New Testament Greek manuscripts (the Kurzgefasste Liste, accessible online here), this document is dated to the…
The Center for the Study of New Testament Manuscripts (Plano, Texas) is pleased to host the second CSNTM Text & Manuscript Conference, scheduled to take place on 30–31 May 2024 in Plano. The theme of this scholars’ conference will be “Intersection.” In keeping with this theme, scholars will present papers that explore ways in which…
2,000 years ago, the closest followers of Jesus carefully wrote down what they had seen him do and what they heard him teach. Immediately, these documents were hand copied and disseminated to congregations of Jesus-followers throughout the Roman Empire. In a world teeming with messiahs and prophets and mystical teachers, these communities of men and…