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PODCAST

Can I Trust My Bible? From What Was Written to What I"m Reading

Timothy Bunting

This podcast explores the transmission of the Biblical text throughout the ages, and how by textual criticism we can ensure that our Bibles today read the same as they were originally written. Music by Stevia Sphere: https://steviasphere.bandcamp.com

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00:26:15

Episode 14: The New Testament Papyri Pt. 2

Can I Trust My Bible? From What Was Written to What... ·

2025/08/26

Let's continue discussing the New Testament papyri, specifically the history of their recent discovery and addition into the critical apparatuses of the Greek New Testament as well as how they have impacted modern English translations.

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00:27:09

Episode 13: The New Testament Papyri Pt. 1

Can I Trust My Bible? From What Was Written to What... ·

2025/08/22

We've already given an overview of the main categories of New Testament manuscripts. Now let's take a look at the first of those categories, the New Testament papyri. Interestingly, the first copies written, but the most recent to impact the Greek New Testament and English translations. Let's get familiar with the basic in's and out's of the NT papyri and come to understand why they are so important.

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00:25:41

Episode 12: Categories of the New Testament Manuscripts

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2025/08/02

To know the trustworthiness of a reading, you need to know the trustworthiness of the manuscripts that support that reading. In this episode we go over the six categories of New Testament manuscripts: the papyri, uncials, minuscules, lectionaries, early quotations, and ancient translations. We'll get an idea of what each of these categories and discuss their strengths and weaknesses. Just understanding a manuscript's category can already tell us a great deal about that manuscript. In

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00:19:17

Episode 11: Examining the "Testimony" of the New...

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2022/04/15

In this episode we discuss the basic guidelines textual critics employ when evaluating the quality of variant readings by comparing it to how a jury examines eyewitness testimony. We'll see that this process is not as complicated as it might seem.

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00:51:42

Episode 10: Comparing the Septuagint and Masoretic...

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2022/03/06

In this episode, we'll shift our discussion to how these two ancient texts have impacted the New Testament text and first century Christianity.

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00:51:42

Episode 9: Comparing the Septuagint and Masoretic...

Can I Trust My Bible? From What Was Written to What... ·

2022/02/17

After being introduced to these two Old Testament documents, let's sit down with Dr. John Weaver as he helps us better understand their similarities, differences, and impacts on our modern translations.

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00:30:23

Episode 8: Getting Familiar With the Septuagint

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2021/12/09

We know that manuscripts in the original languages are essential when it comes to determining the original text, but what about ancient translations? Let's take a look at the most well known ancient translation of the Old Testament Text: the Septuagint. How valuable is it? And how does it compare to the original Hebrew text?

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00:26:10

Episode 7: The Original Languages of the Biblical...

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2021/12/09

In episode six, we started talking about the two original languages of the Old Testament, Hebrew and Aramaic. This episode picks up right where we left off in the middle of our discussion about Aramaic and then moves onto discussing Greek, the language of the New Testament text.

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00:24:29

Episode 6: The Original Languages of the Biblical...

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2021/10/16

Have you ever heard that the Bible can't be trusted because it's been translated too many times? Is there any truth to this claim? In this episode we begin talking about the original languages of the Biblical text. What they are, what we know about their history, and how this impacts our English Bibles that we read today.** There was overlapping audio clips between 17:30 and 18:15, but an updated audio file has now been uploaded **

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00:27:51

Episode 5: The Varied Writing Mediums of the Biblical...

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2021/08/25

From stone tablets to parchment codices, what varied writing mediums were employed when authoring the originals and inscribing copies? Did the ancients really have the resources to successfully transmit these sacred texts through time? Soon we will start looking at different Biblical manuscripts and how they can help us derive the most accurate readings, so let's first get familiar with some of the basics. What is the manuscript made of? And what does that tell us about its text?

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00:27:45

Episode 4: Discussing New Testament Authorship With...

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2021/08/10

We continue to speak with Jeff Smelser about the original authors of the New Testament books and when they were written.

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00:34:31

Episode 3: Discussing New Testament Authorship With...

Can I Trust My Bible? From What Was Written to What... ·

2021/07/31

Who wrote the 27 books of the New Testament? When were they written, and why does it matter? Let's sit down and discuss the New Testament authorship with a good friend and great Bible scholar, Jeff Smelser.

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00:32:22

Episode 2: Did Moses Write the Pentateuch, and Why...

Can I Trust My Bible? From What Was Written to What... ·

2021/06/16

Before we start talking about the copies of the originals, let's talk a little about the originals themselves. Who wrote them? and When? In this episode we will consider the Mosaic authorship or the Pentateuch and why it matters to us today.

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00:23:13

Episode 1: Four Steps to Get God's Message to Us

Can I Trust My Bible? From What Was Written to What... ·

2021/05/19

In this introductory episode we challenge the claim made by many that the Bible hasn't been accurately transmitted through the ages, and consider the four steps of how we get God's message today: inspiration, transmission, translation, and interpretation.

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