Textual Criticism and Manuscript Interpretation

Papyrus 66, a New Testament manuscript from ca. 200 A.D. The page shown contains John 1:1-14a.
Papyrus 75, a 3rd-century New Testament manuscript. The page shown contains Luke 24:51 through John 1:16a.
An index to images of the entire Great Isaiah Scroll (1QIsa^a=Q^a), dated to the second century B.C.

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Vanderbilt Divinity Library bibliography on NT textual criticsm
Vanderbilt Divinity Library bibliography on OT textual criticism
Database on various aspects of NT biblical manuscripts
Interpreting Ancient Manuscripts Web
Index to Interpreting Ancient Manuscripts
Duke Papyrus Archive
Manuscripts, Paleography, Codicology
A complete list of Egyptian papyri
Perseus Papyrus Resources
Index to the International Papyrological Photographic Archive at the U. of Saskatchewan
A helpful book which includes definitions of technical terms sometimes encountered in writings on textual criticism is Matthew DeMoss's Pocket Dictionary for the Study of New Testament Greek, (Downers Grove, Ill.: InterVarsity, 2001).
Some scholars think Greek Qumran Fragment 7Q5 represents Mark 6:52-53. Consider a GIF of the fragment and arguments presented by both sides of the debate, and see what you think.

"Greek Qumran Fragment 7Q5: Possibilities and Impossibilities" is an article by Carsten Peter Thiede, who favors the identification of Fragment 7Q5 with Mk. 6:52-53. The page contains a color GIF of the fragment.

"Indiana Jones and the Gospel Parchements"is a Cristianity Today article by Gary Burge critical of the proposed identification and critical, as well, of those who promote it.

"Un papiro revolucionario: 7Q5" is an interview with José O'Callaghan, originator of the theory that Fragment 7Q5 should be identified with Mk. 6:52-53.
Dating the Oldest New Testament Manuscripts
On-line Resources from the American Society of Greek and Latin Epigraphy courtesy of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
At the Centre for the Study of Ancient Documents from Oxford University, check out especially the
sample squeezes of epigraphic inscriptions, organized by area and assigned probable dates.
A consideration of the Majority Text's challenge of the critical, eclectic text.

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