The true
Christians believe that the Holy Bible is infallible and inerrant according to
the original text (autograph), but we know that there are no autographs of the
Holy Bible anymore. Therefore, how do we know that our Bible, especially New
Testament, is true according to the autographs?
Find the answer in the:
Book
NEW TESTAMENT TEXTUAL CRITICISM:
A Concise Guide
by:Prof. David Alan Black,
D.Theol.
Publisher: Baker Academic, 1994
In this
small book, Dr. David Alan Black explains that eventhough there is no
authographs anymore, we as Christians should believe that there are many
manuscripts of the Greek New Testament. Those manuscripts should be tested
which one is compatible with the autographs. It is called textual criticism.
The significance of New Testament textual criticism is explained by Dr. Black
in the first chapter of his book. In that chapter, he also explains materials
that are used to write New Testament. Then, in the second chapter, he explains
about the history of New Testament textual criticism since the earliest
centuries until the modern era. In that chapter, he also explains about methods
of that theory, such as external evidences and internal evidences. Also, in the
last chapter, he gives 4 examples of New Testament passages which are tested
according to the theory of New Testament textual criticism. In the appendixes,
he tells us about types of errors in the New Testament manuscripts, text types,
and some worksheets for students.
Biography
of the author:
Prof.
David Alan Black, D.Theol.who was born in Honolulu on 1952 is Professor of New
Testament and Greek at Southeastern
Baptist Theological Seminary in Wake Forest, North Carolina. He
was raised in Kailua on the island of Oahu in Hawai. In 1975 he finished his
studies at the Biola University with a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Biblical
Studies, and then enrolled in
Biola’s graduate school, Talbot School of Theology, where he majored in New
Testament and Greek. In 1983 he received a Doctor
of Theology (D.Theol.) at the University of Basel in Switzerland. He later
took courses at Jerusalem University College on Mount Zion in Israel. Dave has
been an avid horseman and Civil War reenactor. He and his wife live on a
123-acre working farm in southern Virginia and are self-supporting missionaries
to Ethiopia and the world. He wrote many books, such as:
* The Myth of Adolescence(Yorba Linda: Davidson Press, 1999)
* Using New Testament Greek in Ministry: A Practical Guide for Students
and Pastors(Grand Rapids: Baker, 1993)
* Learn to Read New Testament Greek(Nashville: Broadman & Holman, 1994)
* Learn to Read New Testament Greek: Expanded Edition(Nashville:
Broadman & Holman, 1994)
* Linguistics for Students of New Testament Greek: Revised
Edition(Grand Rapids: Baker, 1995)
* It's Still Greek to Me: An Easy-to-Understand Guide to Intermediate
Greek(1998)
* Why Four Gospels?: The Historical Origins of the GospelsEnergerion
Press (2010)
* Rethinking New Testament Textual Criticism, ed. by David Alan Black,
Baker Academic (2002)
* New Testament Textual Criticism. A Concise Guide, Baker Books (2006)
* Christian Archy, Areopagus (2009)
* The Jesus Paradigm(2009), Energion Direct
His weblog: http://www.daveblackonline.com
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Kristen tentang betapa miskin dan menjijikkannya dirinya, yang memimpinnya
untuk merendahkan dirinya dan meninggikan Allah semata."
(Rev. Jonathan Edwards, A.M., Pengalaman Rohani Sejati, hlm. 100)
