Where does the Bible come from?
Ever wondered where the Bible actually came from*? How do we know what the *original text said? In this deep dive, we explore the textual history of the Bible like never before using the *Cross Bible Timeline*.
🎙️ Special Guest: Stephen Nelson (@CrossBibleOfficial)
In this first part of our interview, Stephen Nelson from Cross Bible walks us through the manuscripts & translations that shaped the Old Testament and the emergence of the *Textus Receptus*, the Greek text behind the *King James Bible*.
📌 What We Covered in Part 1:
📜 The Origins of the Old Testament – The Masoretic Text (MT) vs. the Greek Septuagint (LXX)*, the *Samaritan Pentateuch (SP) and the *Dead Sea Scrolls (DSS)*.
🔥 The emergence of the Textus Receptus – How the Greek New Testament of Erasmus shaped the *King James Bible*.
📖 Using Cross Bible's Timeline – A visual guide to the *historical development of the Bible*.
🔗 Check out Cross Bible’s Timeline of the Bible: https://crossbible.com/timeline
📺 Watch More from Cross Bible:
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Behind the King James Bible – The Legacy of the Textus Receptus: • Behind the King James Bible: The Legacy of...
📌 About Our Guest:
Stephen Nelson is the founder of CrossBible.com, a new online Bible study platform*, and *@CrossBibleOfficial*, a YouTube channel dedicated to *Bible history, textual criticism, and manuscript studies*. He holds a *bachelor’s degree in Russian and is a *self-taught polyglot*, fluent in Greek (*Homeric, Classical, Hellenistic, Byzantine, and Modern*), along with *Spanish & French*.
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📢 *YouTube:* @CrossBibleOfficial
🌍 *Website & Study Tools:* https://www.crossbible.com/youtube
📖 Chapters:
0:00 - Introduction
6:20 - Hebrew Masoretic Text
20:42 - Septuagint Recensions
26:55 - Emanuel Tov on Textual Criticism
47:15 - New Testament use of the LXX
50:30 - The Greek LXX
59:45 - The Samaritan Pentateuch
1:05:40 - Jerome's Latin Vulgate
1:14:40 - Origin of the KJV (Textus Receptus)
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