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Over at the
Brice C. Jones Blog, the blog's namesake, fresh off finishing his PhD at Concordia University and having it accepted for publication in the Library of New Testament Studies monograph series, pulls a Lee Corso and tells Craig Evans, "Not so fast, my friend!"
Evans published an article in the
Bulletin for Biblical Research 25.1 arguing that autographs of the NT would have been around and copied still in the second and third centuries. I haven't read the article myself, but according to Jones, Evans then moves this argument in an apologetic direction, arguing that the longevity of NT autographs leads to the stability of the NT text.
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Jones notes some problems with the overall argument, starting with the claim that autographs were still being copied in the second and third centuries. Jones states: "There is not a shred of evidence for this claim." And it goes on from there. Jones ends by calling out the peer review process of the journal. Enjoy!
Chris, as I don't much like Lee Corso, you're persuading me to read Evans' argument with great sympathy!
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