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The Biggest Expedition Yet! PDF Print E-mail
Written by Admin   
Thursday, 01 March 2012 11:19
Graph showing that we've raised $20,000 so far for our European expeditions

The Lord continues to open doors for the Center for the Study of New Testament Manuscripts. After much prayer and ten years of negotiations, we are so excited to announce that a CSNTM team is flying east.

While we cannot disclose the exact location, we can tell you that we are heading to Eastern Europe. Dr. Dan Wallace is planning a much-needed front trip, to meet with the contact and do manuscript assessment sometime in June. If his front trip goes as planned, CSNTM hopes to begin shooting 42 Greek New Testament manuscripts later in the summer.

This expedition is more important than any expedition CSNTM has undertaken previously—in fact, it’s more important than all the rest of them combined! It will take 6–8 weeks to do the shoot, with six people.

All together, the trip will cost as much as $150,000. Would you please begin praying for Dan and the CSNTM team as many details will need to be worked out? Also, would you consider financially investing in this incredible opportunity?

We need new Circle of Friends members, large one-time donations, and hundreds of small donations. No donation is too large or too small.

We want you to share in the extraordinary blessing of partnering with us in this great work. Few investments make an impact beyond our lifetimes. This is one that will go on for generations to come.

Last Updated ( Thursday, 01 March 2012 11:23 )
 
CSNTM & iTunes U: Stage 1 Complete PDF Print E-mail
Written by Rory Crowley   
Monday, 27 February 2012 16:21
CSNTM on iTunes U

Here at the Center for the Study of New Testament Manuscripts (CSNTM), we have always been dedicated to preserving the ancient Christian scriptures for future generations.

Our mission is simple: To make digital photographs of extant Greek New Testament manuscripts so that such images can be preserved, duplicated without deterioration, and accessed by scholars doing textual research. In this, the study of such manuscripts is vital not only for scholars, but for those who see the Christian scriptures as indispensable for faith and practice.

Over the last few years, CSNTM has embarked on making resources available to the public through multiple forms of media. One of these is iTunes U (www.itunes.com). It is our pleasure to announce that our initial goals in publishing on iTunes U have been reached!

Last Updated ( Wednesday, 29 February 2012 22:07 )
 
Debate DVD Now Available PDF Print E-mail
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Monday, 14 November 2011 16:04

On October 1, 2011 Dr. Bart D. Ehrman and CSNTM's Executive Director, Dr. Daniel B. Wallace, debated the reliability of the text of the New Testament at Southern Methodist University. This was the largest debate over the text of the New Testament in history. A professional film crew recorded the debate, which is now available to you. In this exciting dialogue you have the opportunity to listen to two leading scholars talk about this issue from opposing viewpoints. Can we trust the text of the New Testament? You decide.

DVDs may be purchased from www.csntm.org

Last Updated ( Monday, 14 November 2011 16:09 )
 
Ehrman vs. Wallace: Round Three PDF Print E-mail
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Sunday, 12 February 2012 14:50

On Wednesday, 1 February 2012, Dr. Daniel B. Wallace, Executive Director of CSNTM, debated Dr. Bart Ehrman on his home turf at UNC Chapel Hill. This was their third debate. The topic: Is the original New Testament lost? Over 1000 people were in attendance. 

The text of their first debate is now available as The Reliability of the New Testament: A Dialogue between Bart D. Ehrman and Daniel B. Wallace (Fortress Press, 2011). The second debate—the largest such debate in history with over 1400 people in attendance—took place at Southern Methodist University; it was professionally filmed and edited, and is now available at www.csntm.org as a DVD for a modest price. (If you live outside the United States, you can get a DVD that matches your region’s requirements.) 

Last Updated ( Sunday, 12 February 2012 14:59 )
 
Join the Circle of Friends PDF Print E-mail
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Thursday, 16 September 2010 22:21

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Please join our CSNTM Circle of Friends by helping us to digitally preserve ancient handwritten manuscripts of the Greek New Testament for both scholarly research and posterity. Our connection to the original New Testament—to the apostles and to Jesus Christ—is through these manuscripts.

CSNTM is helping to bring new, more accurate Bible translations to believers around the world, helping them to better know God’s Word and His will. In these challenging times, our mission is more crucial than ever: preserving God’s Word!

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Last Updated ( Thursday, 01 March 2012 11:28 )