Following the Bible's paper trail
What is the physical evidence for the text of the New Testament and how far back does it actually go?

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Who killed Goliath? The puzzling text of 2 Samuel 21:19
Dr Kaspars Ozolins takes us on a journey through biblical names and manuscripts in order to unravel a textual mystery
Dr Kaspars Ozolins
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Was Barabbas called Jesus Barabbas?
Dr Dirk Jongkind goes back to the manuscripts to find out whether Barabbas was really called Jesus
Dr Dirk Jongkind
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Echoes of Eden: how John's passion inverts the Fall
James Bejon explores how the imagery in John's passion narrative points us back to creation
James Bejon
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Not in that poor lowly stable
Dr Ian Paul takes a look at whether Christmas tradition has distracted us from the story told in Scripture
Dr Ian Paul
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What is the Leviathan?
Dr Mark Sneed takes a look at the history of the biblical monster and asks what we should make of it today
Dr Mark Sneed
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Jesus the master craftsman
Dr Peter J Williams looks at three ways Jesus mastered the art of storytelling
Dr Peter J Williams
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Uncovering the hidden lives of manuscripts
Dr Peter J Williams takes a look at how multispectral imaging is helping researchers to unlock the hidden histories behind Bible manuscripts…
Dr Peter J Williams
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Artefact in focus: The Rekhmire Tomb Scenes
Dr Kim Phillips explores an Egyptian tomb painting that mirrors the biblical text
Dr Kim Phillips
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Scripture and The Shepherd of Hermas - Have we got our Bibles wrong?
Ed Creedy takes a look at four compelling reasons why The Shepherd of Hermas isn’t included in the Bible and asks whether we can learn anyth…
Ed Creedy
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Stealing hearts in Hebrew
If you want to be surprised by Scripture, let the languages captivate you, says Travis Wright
Travis Wright
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Artefact in focus: The Ketef Hinnom Amulets
Dr Kaspars Ozolins shares the story of two tiny silver scrolls which bear witness to the Old Testament text
Dr Kaspars Ozolins
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From the hands of scribes
How does handwriting shed light on variants in Bible manuscripts? Beth Vickers and Dr Dirk Jongkind follow the clues
Dr Dirk Jongkind & Beth Vickers