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by NB.Mick
NT281 How We Got the New Testament
Course Details
Trainer: Michael S. Heiser
A Logos m.Ed training course available individually or as part of the Text of the Bible Bundle
Reading List
NT281 How We Got the New Testament
- A Logos m.Ed training course by Michael S. Heiser available available individually or as part of the Text of the Bible Bundle - get documents in the associated Faithlife group
Unit 1 Preliminary Issues
- S1 What Is the New Testament?
- S2 The Term “New Testament”
- S3 Exploring “Covenant” Using the Topic Guide
- S4 The Scope of the New Testament
- S5 Number of New Testament Books
- S6 Order and Structure of New Testament Books
- S7 Titles of New Testament Books
- S8 The Authority of the Testaments
- S9 Creating a Custom Guide to Study 2 Timothy 3:16
- S10 Road Map for this Course
- Unit 1 Quiz
Unit 3 The Composition of the New Testament Books
- S15 Preview
- S16 Researching Important Dates with the Timeline Tool
- S17 The Language of the New Testament
- S18 Defining “Autograph”
- S19 Producing Documents in a Graeco-Roman World
- S20 Understanding Technical Terms
- S21 Amanuenses
- S22 Use of External Source Material
- S23 Exploring Ancient Texts Relevant to the Text of the New Testament
- S24 Literary Intent and Occasion
- Unit 3 Quiz
Unit 5 Manuscripts of the New Testament
- S28 The Copying Enterprise
- S29 The Innovation of the Codex
- S30 Manuscript Types and Discoveries
- S31 Papyri
- S32 Uncials and Sinaiticus
- S33 Using Textual Apparatuses in Logos
- S34 Uncials: Alexandrinus
- S35 Viewing Codex Sinaiticus in Logos
- S36 Uncials: Vaticanus
- S37 Uncials: Codex Bezae
- Unit 5a Quiz
- S38 Minuscules
- S39 Lectionaries
- S40 Quotations from the Fathers
- S41 Searching for New Testament Citations in the Early Church Fathers
- S42 Early Versions of the New Testament
- S43 Archaeological Factors in Dating Manuscripts
- S44 Dating and the Forms of Manuscripts
- S45 Dating and Paleography
- S46 Carbon-14 Dating
- S47 Manuscript Families
- S48 Alexandrian Family
- S49 Byzantine Family
- Unit 5b Quiz
- Midterm Exam
Unit 6 The History of the Text’s Transmission
- S50 The Early Centuries (1st–4th)
- S51 The Byzantine Era (400–1516)
- S52 The “Received Text” (1516–1633)
- S53 Erasmus’ First Edition (1516)
- S54 Erasmus’ First and Third Editions
- S55 Later Editions of Erasmus’ Text
- S56 The Period of Critical Research (1633–1881)
- S57 Important Scholarly Work
- Unit 6a Quiz
- S58 Westcott and Hort
- S59 Positive Reaction to Westcott and Hort
- S60 Negative Reaction to Westcott and Hort
- S61 H. von Soden’s Text (1913)
- S62 Eberhard Nestle (1898–1963)
- S63 UBS First Edition
- S64 UBS Third Edition and Nestle-Aland Edition
- S65 Modern Majority Text Editions
- S66 SBL Greek New Testament
- S67 Comparing Major Editions of the Greek New Testament
- Unit 6b Quiz
Unit 7 The Impact of Textual History
- S68 Pre-20th Century
- S69 Evaluating Modern Translations
- S70 The American Standard Version
- S71 The Revised Standard Version
- S72 The New American Standard Bible
- S73 The New International Version
- S74 The New King James Version
- S75 The New Revised Standard Version
- S76 The New English Translation
- S77 The English Standard Version
- Unit 7 Quiz
Unit 8 Textual Criticism of the New Testament
- S78 Preview of the Process
- S79 Determining Variants
- S80 Gathering Evidence: The Specialist
- S81 Gathering Evidence: The Nonspecialist
- S82 Using Digital Tools for Conducting Text-Critical Research
- S83 Evaluating Evidence: Types of Variants
- S84 Unintentional Variants: Word Division
- S85 Unintentional Variants: Letter Confusion
- S86 Unintentional Variants: Eye Skipping
- S87 Unintentional Variants: Haplography
- S88 Unintentional Variants: Dittography
- S89 Unintentional Variants: Transposition
- S90 Unintentional Variants: Faulty Hearing
- Unit 8a Quiz
- S91 Intentional Variants: Clarifying the Text
- S92 Intentional Variants: Conflation
- S93 Intentional Variants: Harmonization and Smoothing
- S94 Evaluating Variants
- S95 Evaluating Variants: Internal Considerations
- S96 Evaluating Variants: External Considerations
- S97 Evaluating Variants: Logical Considerations
- S98 Investigating the “Johannine Comma” with Various Tools
- S99 Textual Criticism, Inspiration, and Inerrancy
- Unit 8b Quiz
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