NT281 How We Got the New Testament
Overview
In this course, Dr. Mike Heiser explains the story of how we got the New Testament—he guides you from the process of inspiration to the discovery and transmission of manuscripts. Dr. Heiser describes the role of scribes throughout time and discusses significant Greek New Testament manuscripts upon which modern translations are based. Because most students of the Bible read it in their own language, he also examines translation philosophies and controversies.
Top Highlights
“inspiration needs to be viewed as a process, not an event” (source)
“The nt, again, is just a record of the way God honored His promises that were given in the ot [and] fulfilled those covenantal relationships through the coming of Jesus and His work on the cross and then the birth of a new entity—a new people of God that we like to say, as theologians, was circumcision-neutral.” (source)
“ the new covenant—the nt—is essentially the fulfillment of prior ot covenant arrangements through Jesus.” (source)
“Now, his 1598 edition was the one that was actually used by the scholars who produced the kjv.” (source)
“Eighty percent of the 5,500 or so manuscripts we have—80 percent of the manuscript material—belongs to this family” (source)
- Title: NT281 How We Got the New Testament
- Author: Michael S. Heiser
- Series: Logos Mobile Education
- Publisher: Lexham Press
- Print Publication Date: 2014
- Logos Release Date: 2014
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Courseware
- Subjects: Bible. N.T. › Criticism, textual; Education › Bible. N.T.--Criticism, textual
- Resource ID: LLS:NT281HEISER
- Resource Type: Courseware Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2022-02-12T04:49:34Z
Dr. Michael S. Heiser was a former Scholar-in-Residence for Faithlife Corporation, the makers of Logos Bible Software. He then served as the Executive Director of the Awakening School of Theology and Ministry. His varied academic background enabled him to operate in the realm of critical scholarship and the wider Christian community. His experience in teaching at the undergraduate level and writing for the layperson both directly contributed to Logos’ goal of adapting scholarly tools for nonspecialists.
Dr. Heiser earned his PhD in Hebrew Bible and Semitic languages and holds an MA in ancient history and Hebrew studies. He was the coeditor of Old Testament Greek Pseudepigrapha with Morphology and Semitic Inscriptions: Analyzed Texts and English Translations, and he was able to do translation work in roughly a dozen ancient languages, including Biblical Hebrew, Greek, Aramaic, Egyptian hieroglyphs, and Ugaritic cuneiform. He specialized in Israelite religion (especially Israel’s divine council), contextualizing biblical theology with Israelite and ancient Near Eastern religion, Jewish binitarianism, biblical languages, ancient Semitic languages, textual criticism, comparative philology, and Second Temple period Jewish literature. In 2007 he was named the Pacific Northwest Regional Scholar by the Society of Biblical Literature.