Has God Indeed Said?
Has God Indeed Said?
The Preservation of the Text of the New Testament
About the Book
Jesus said "till heaven and earth pass away, one jot or one tittle will by no means pass from the law till all is fulfilled".
How can we know which copy of the Greek texts contains the correct jots and tittles?
Table of Contents
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1. The Challenge to the Biblical Text: “Has God Indeed Said?”
- Introduction
- The Egyptian Texts Are Corrupt
- The Two Primary Egyptian Texts
- Humanistic versus Biblical Presuppositions
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2. God Has Indeed Spoken: Proper Use of Textual Criticism
- Biblical Presuppositions
- 1. Every Word Preserved
- 2. Accountable to Every Word
- 3. Protective Providence
- 4. Faithful Transmission
- 5. Suspect Grammar
- 6. No Guessing Allowed
- 7. Suspect Singular Witnesses
- 8. The Issue of Numbers
- 9. Isolation of Errant Texts
- 10. Number, Weight, and Age
- 11. Caution with Internal Evidence Assumptions
- Conclusion: What Authority Guides Us?
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3. An Examination of the Alexandrian Texts
- Why Should We Listen to Egypt?
- The Proper Attitude Toward the Text
- The Necessity of Proficiency
- Who Had Access to the Autographs?
- Can Alexandrian Manuscripts be Trusted?
- Conclusion
- About the Authors
- Notes
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