New Testament Survey: Resources

Course Resources

Course Syllabus: http://bit.ly/1KjqRux (updated Sep. 16)
Quiz Preparation Aids: http://bit.ly/1VZtc6f (updated Sep. 17)
Raiford Road Church Library Catalog

Transmission/Textual Criticism

Dan Wallace, “New Testament Reliability”
A talk on the reliability of the text of the New Testament.

Dan Wallace, “The Basics of New Testament Textual Criticism”
This is a series of mostly short videos explaining the basics of textual criticism. It gives a really helpful overview. Wallace is a top-notch scholar.

Kurt Eichenwald, “The Bible: So Misunderstood It’s a Sin”
This article is written from a hostile perspective. Eichenwald is not a New Testament scholar, and this piece was mainly written for publicity (which it got plenty of). As such, it’s hardly even worth reading in its entirety, but it’s a good example of the kinds of claims that skeptics will often make about the New Testament.

If you do decide to read the Eichenwald article, you can wash the taste out of your mouth afterward by reading some of these responses that were offered by real New Testament scholars:

Michael Kruger, “A Christmas Present from the Mainstream Media: Newsweek Takes a Desperate Swipe at the Integrity of the Bible (Part 1)”

Michael Kruger, “A Christmas Gift from the Mainstream Media: Newsweek Takes a Desperate Swipe at the Integrity of the Bible (Part 2)”

Dan Wallace, “Predictable Christmas Fare: Newsweek’s Tirade against the Bible”

Gospels

David Alan Black, Why Four Gospels?

Term Paper Sources (Free)

A. T. Robertson, Commentary on the Gospel according to Matthew

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I will continue to add more resources as we work our way through the semester.