New Testament Virtual Manuscript Room

A "New" New Testament?

Check out the following links to read scholarly responses to the recently released A New New Testament.  This collection of texts, touted as the "Bible for the 21st century," is a collection of writings that includes ten "newly discovered" texts in addition to the twenty-seven canonical texts of the NT.  The collection was chosen and assembled by Hal Taussig and a team of eighteen scholars and religious leaders, including Jesus Seminar member John Dominic Crossan. 

Paul Barnett - A New New Testament

Michael J. Kruger - Review of a "New New Testament": Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 and Tag Team with Michael Horton.

Michael Horton - A New New Testament? and Inventing My Religion

Daniel Wallace - A New New Testament: Are you serious?

Scholarly Response to "The Gospel of Jesus' Wife"

In response to the recent, sensationalistic claims regarding a newly translated papyrus fragment that refers to Jesus' wife, please visit the following links:

• Tyndale House Newsletter
• Francis Watson - The Gospel of Jesus' Wife: How a Fake Gospel Fragment was Compsed
• NT Blog: Francis Watson, Addendum: The End of the Line?
• Larry Hurtado - "The Gospel of Jesus' Wife" . . . Maybe . . . Maybe Not  
• Michael J. Kruger - The Far Less Sensational Truth About Jesus' "Wife"
• Darrell L. Bock - Quick Thoughts on the New Jesus Wife Text
• The "wife" of Jesus? Some comments from Craig A. Evans
• The Biblical Word - Jesus' Sister/Wife?  Ben Witherington on the Jesus' Wife Papyrus

Update: Bible Museum Closes Deal on D.C. Location

Read a recent article at Christianity Today Liveblog  for updated information concerning the Museum of the Bible.

Bible Museum Planned for Washington, D.C.

Read a recent article in the Washington Post regarding the Green Family and The Museum of the Bible.

Scholarly Response to: The Jesus Discovery: The Resurrection Tomb that Reveals the Birth of Christianity

In response to the recent claims of Dr. James Tabor and Simcha Jacobovici in their new book The Jesus Discovery, please check out the following links: Reflections of an Epigrapher on Talpiyot Tombs A and B: A Detailed Response to the Claims of Professor James Tabor and Filmmaker Simcha Jacobovici by Christopher A. Rollston The Talpiyot Unguentarium by Dr. Joan E. Taylor If the Evidence Doesn’t Fit, Photoshop It: Digital Image Manipulation in the Case of Simcha Jacobovici and James Tabor’s Jonah Ossuary by Dr. Robert Cargill antonio lombatti presents evidence that the ‘fish’ on tabor and jacobovici’s ‘jonah ossuary’ is actually an amphora by Dr. Robert Cargill Review of "The New Jesus Discovery" by Dr. Eric Meyers A Fish Story in the Talpiot Tomb by Dr Andrew McGowen The Alleged Discovery of a Christian Ossuary in Jerusalem by Dr. Craig Evans Easter Evidences Videos

Cooley Center iMac Computer 

The Cooley Collection is now pleased to offer a full complement of sophisticated exegetical research programs accessible on a new iMac in the Cooley room. A significant investment has been made in the purchase of Accordance 8, one of the premier Bible software programs. A host of high quality Greek, Hebrew and Aramaic resources have been made available. These fully-searchable texts are invaluable resources to anyone studying the cultural and linguistic background of the biblical texts.

For scholars of the Old Testament, the Cooley Collection now offers the complete biblical manuscripts of the Dead Sea Scrolls, multiple versions of the Septuagint (including the Cambridge Septuagint apparatus), Aramaic and Hebrew Inscriptions, the Targums, the Samaritan Pentateuch, and the Ugaritic Databank. For scholars of the New Testament and early Judaism, the sectarian documents of the Dead Sea Scrolls, the Mishnah, the works of Josephus, Philo and the Old Testament Apocrypha/Pseudepigrapha are available, in addition to grammatically tagged versions of both Vaticanus and Sinaiticus. Specialists in early church history will find Greek and English versions of the Apostolic Fathers, a collection of apocryphal Gospel texts, and Eusebius’ Ecclesiastical History. In addition to Accordance 8, other notable programs are installed on the iMac, including BibleWorks 7 and Logos 4. The Soncino Judaic Classics Library has also been installed, giving access to rabbinic literature including the Soncino Babylonian Talmud, Mishnah, Midrash Rabbah and the Zohar. PDF versions of Jacob Neusner’s translation of the Babylonian and Jerusalem Talmuds have also been installed.

Advanced students and researchers wishing to use the new computer resources may do so by appointment, which can be made by contacting the library director, Dr. Robert Mayer (bmayer@gordonconwell.edu), and the Cooley Center fellow, Rev. Mark Poe (mpoe@gordonconwell.edu) by email. Requests should include a description of the research project and the estimated length of time needed for research. Dr. Mayer and Rev. Poe will schedule your appointment and arrange for brief training in use of the computer and its resources.