John D. Meade

Aug 20, 2024 | textandcanon.org | John D. Meade

Last month, the papers from the Text & Canon Institute’s first academic colloquium were published as The Forerunners and Heirs of Origen’s Hexapla. Thanks to our supporters, the book is available open access. This article is written to introduce Origen’s work and to celebrate this milestone. Sound Bible study often requires careful comparison of different translations.

May 5, 2024 | crossway.org | Peter Williams |Peter Gurry |John D. Meade

A Challenge to Think More DeeplyIt is often said that the Gospels are full of contradictions. And I think that’s often said in a context where there’s a sort of battle between two sets of ideas, and people are trying to use whether or not there are contradictions in the Gospels as part of that battle.

Apr 4, 2024 | christianitytoday.com | John D. Meade

What does history have to do with faith? Everything. As Paul attests in 1 Corinthians 15, Christ died. He was buried. He was raised on the third day. And then "he appeared to Cephas, and then to the Twelve," and then "to more than five hundred of the brothers and sisters at the same time (vv. 5-6). Because Jesus' work for his people unfolded on earth for everyone to see, the apostles proclaimed historical events. What, then, does faith have to do with history? Again, everything.

Dec 19, 2023 | textandcanon.org | Peter Gurry |John D. Meade

As we close the books on another year at the Text & Canon Institute, we’re grateful that readers like you found our website by the hundreds of thousands through Google searches, social media posts, and of course, by subscribing to our email list.

Nov 5, 2023 | crossway.org | John D. Meade |Peter Gurry |Peter Williams

Old Testament“Bible” is a singular word, but we of course know that the Bible contains many books, multiple books. So how did Protestants, for example, get the thirty-nine books of the Old Testament and the twenty-seven books of the New Testament? That story starts before the period of Christianity—before the time of Jesus Christ. Christians actually rely on the Jewish canon for the Old Testament. Some think maybe the Old Testament just sort of fell out of the sky.