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Critical Texts @criticaltexts.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

New blog post about a great resource for exploring some of the earliest witnesses to the Greek New Testament—and uncovering some of more complicated stories behind these manuscripts. criticaltexts.com/the-hidden-l...

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The Hidden Lives of Greek New Testament Manuscripts

Greek New Testament manuscripts often have histories that are far less visible than the texts they preserve. A short entry in the Kurzgefasste Liste can conceal a surprisingly long history: debates…

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Critical Texts @criticaltexts.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Is the ECM is moving closer to the Byzantine text? This post revisits this question, showing why counting Byzantine agreement can be more complicated than it appears and why the ECM may stand even closer to the Byzantine tradition than commonly assumed criticaltexts.com/how-byzantin...

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How “Byzantine” is the ECM?

How much has the Editio Critica Maior moved toward the Byzantine text? The question received fresh attention at the 2026 CSNTM Text & Manuscript Conference, where Nelson Hsieh explore…

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Critical Texts @criticaltexts.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Nearly 3 years after the British Library cyberattack, images of its Greek New Testament manuscripts are slowly returning online—and the restored images are now available under public domain. What's back, what’s still missing, and what can we learn from the recovery? criticaltexts.com/nearly-3-yea...

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Nearly Three Years After the British Library Cyberattack: What Happened to Its Greek New Testament Manuscripts?

On October 28, 2023, one of the world’s most important research libraries effectively disappeared from the internet. The attack was not a temporary outage: it crippled the British Library’s digital…

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AGNTS Journal @agntsjournal.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

The latest issue of AGNTS is here! It includes English translations of articles by William Wrede, Sandra Huebenthal, and Barbara Beyer, as well as Oda Wischmeyer’s Review of Beverly Gaventa’s Romans Commentary (published in both German and English). agntsjournal.com/volume-2-2026/

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Volume 2 (2026) - Accessible German New Testament Scholarship

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Critical Texts @criticaltexts.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Over 18% of all known Greek New Testament manuscripts is on Mount Athos—and there is still much more to discover there. A look at this remarkable collection and how much our knowledge of it has changed in recent years. criticaltexts.com/greek-new-te...

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Greek New Testament Manuscripts on Mount Athos

For more than a millennium, daily prayers have been offered on Mount Athos. Described as “the spiritual heart of Orthodoxy,” this secluded peninsula in northeastern Greece is regarded by many as on…

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Critical Texts @criticaltexts.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Just as Kurt Aland’s career in Münster was taking shape, another future was opening across the Atlantic. The consequences for the history of the Greek New Testament could have been monumental. Read the full story here: criticaltexts.com/kurt-aland-a...

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Kurt Aland and the American Road Not Taken

Kurt Aland is remembered today as a German scholar whose name is inseparable from Münster, the INTF, and the Nestle-Aland Novum Testamentum Graece (NTG). That connection now seems so firm…

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Critical Texts @criticaltexts.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

The Nestle-Aland edition did not begin exactly the way many assume. This post explores the surprising and little know origins of this beloved edition of the Greek New Testament. criticaltexts.com/nestle-aland...

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Nestle Aland: The Origin Story

Eberhard Nestle, born in Stuttgart in 1851, is renowned as the creator of the Novum Testamentum Graece (NTG), first published in 1898, and known today as the Nestle-Aland edition. Nestle’s aim was …

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Critical Texts @criticaltexts.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Really excited to see this new project investigating Greek New Testament commentary manuscripts at the University of Birmingham and looking forward to seeing how its results shape our field. www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/2026/ma...

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€2.5M project to investigate new evidence for New Testament - University of Birmingham

University of Birmingham project will examine hundreds of manuscripts which have not previously been considered in establishing bible text.

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Critical Texts @criticaltexts.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

New post focusing on Greek New Testament palimpsests and the prospects of multispectral imaging (MSI) for recovering and analyzing these valuable, often understudied witnesses to the New Testament text. criticaltexts.com/recovering-h...

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Recovering Hidden Witnesses in the Kurzgefasste Liste: The Possibilities of MSI

A sensational story recently made headlines: researchers at the University of Glasgow have recovered the text of 42 “lost” pages from one of the most important early Greek New Testament manuscripts…

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Critical Texts @criticaltexts.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Albania’s Greek New Testament manuscript inventory has undergone a remarkable transformation in recent decades. It's an extraordinary story of survival through invasions, communist rule, and one of modern Europe’s most aggressive anti-religious campaigns. criticaltexts.com/greek-new-te...

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Critical Texts @criticaltexts.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

In week 8 of our journey through the Sunday Gospel readings of a 12th century Greek lectionary manuscript we turns to Holy Pentecost, exploring how water and fire reveal the mystery of Pentecost and the gift of the Holy Spirit poured out on the Church. criticaltexts.com/weekly-lecti...

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Critical Texts @criticaltexts.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Exited to launch a new blog series describing how the landscape of Greek New Testament manuscripts has changed in the last 30 years—from newly catalogued witnesses, rediscoveries, unsolved mysteries, and the status of digitization around the world. Read more here: criticaltexts.com/the-changing...

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Critical Texts @criticaltexts.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

The New Testament Virtual Manuscript Room has become one of the most important digital resources for researching Greek New Testament manuscripts and the textual tradition. This video offers a general overview of the VMR and some of the possibilities it offers criticaltexts.com/what-can-you...

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Critical Texts @criticaltexts.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

The lectionary reading for this Sunday stands at the threshold between Pascha and Ascension, commemorating Christ’s healing of the man born blind in John's Gospel. criticaltexts.com/weekly-lecti...

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Critical Texts @criticaltexts.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

The Russian Academy of Sciences in St. Petersburg preserves a fascinating collection of Greek New Testament manuscripts spanning 14 centuries. Most of these have now been digitized! Read more here: criticaltexts.com/digital-imag...

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Digitized Greek New Testament Manuscripts in St. Petersburg

The Library of the Russian Academy of Sciences in St. Petersburg preserves a remarkable and comparatively under-studied collection of Greek New Testament manuscripts. Its earliest New Testament wit…

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Critical Texts @criticaltexts.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

The Gospel lectionary reading for today is John 4:5–42, Jesus’ encounter with the Samaritan woman. In the tradition of the Church, this woman is celebrated by name. Read more about this Sunday and how this story is remembered and depicted in Byzantine lectionaries. criticaltexts.com/weekly-lecti...

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Critical Texts @criticaltexts.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

For anyone who wants to understand the CBGM a bit better, here’s a post on what it is, what it isn’t, and why it matters for New Testament textual criticism and beyond. criticaltexts.com/the-one-with...

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The One with the CBGM

A basic guide to what the CBGM is and why it matters for New Testament textual criticism—and beyond The Coherence-Based Genealogical Method, or CBGM, has become one of the most important and most f…

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Critical Texts @criticaltexts.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

Two Greek New Testament manuscript leaves, missing for over 60 years, have recently come to light again. Read more about these manuscripts and the rather unusual story behind their rediscovery. criticaltexts.com/two-greek-ne...

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Two Greek New Testament Manuscript Leaves Sold for $20 — Rediscovered

Two Greek New Testament Manuscripts Sold for $20 — Rediscovered Last month, an unusual post appeared in the Facebook group Greek Palaeography. It would lead to the identification of two Greek …

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Critical Texts @criticaltexts.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

This new article highlights some of the many possibilities of the New Testament Virtual Manuscript Room, offering a great snapshot of how the platform is shaping collaborative work in New Testament textual criticism. www.resilience-ri.eu/story/the-nt...

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“The NTVMR is the Beating Heart of Our Work”

Anyone working with the Greek New Testament and its manuscript tradition will sooner or later encounter the Institute for New Testament Textual Research (INTF) in Münster. It is here that Gregory Paul...

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Critical Texts @criticaltexts.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

Very happy to see that the Athos Digital Repository of Manuscripts is working again! There are currently 3321 MSS digitized. repo.mountathos.org/en

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Critical Texts @criticaltexts.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

criticaltexts.com/how-many-com... For decades, it's been widely claimed that there are about 60 complete Greek NT manuscripts. But what qualifies as “complete”? And are there really 60 manuscripts that meet that criterion? This post examines these questions in light of the manuscript evidence.

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How many complete Greek New Testament manuscripts are there REALLY?

How many complete Greek New Testament manuscripts are there REALLY? By For decades, the standard answer to the question, “How many complete Greek New Testament manuscripts do we currently have?” ha…

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Critical Texts @criticaltexts.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

Video overview of the 6th edition of the United Bible Societies' Greek New Testament: www.youtube.com/watch?v=RT9I...

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Introducing the UBS6 Greek New Testament

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