AP205: Bibliology — Textual Transmission and Reliability

Foundations for the Christian Life · Jul 16, 2026 · 52m

This episode explores the historical reliability and textual integrity of the New Testament against modern skeptical critiques. It utilizes the Bibliographical Test to contrast the New Testament’s massive manuscript tradition and narrow time gap against the significantly weaker evidence for secular works of classical antiquity, such as those by Plato and Aristotle. By distinguishing between linear oral transmission and geometric textual transmission, the text systematically dismantles the popular "telephone game" myth, arguing that an abundance of manuscript variants actually allows scholars…