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Fragments of Christianity: Seeing Jesus in Early Christian Works

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Whether you’ve been using Logos Bible Software for weeks or decades, chances are good that you’ve used a resource Rick Brannan has worked on. He’s helped to create resources like SBL Greek New Testament, the Lexham English Septuagint, the Apostolic Fathers Greek-English Interlinear, and the Greek Apocryphal Gospels, Fragments, and Agrapha.

He just finished an important side project: Fragments of Christianity—now available for pre-order on Logos. Keep reading to learn what Rick Brannan says about the book—and how it can help us understand early Christians better.

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A Fresh Approach to New Testament Scribal Habits

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by Alan Taylor Farnes

In 2007, James R. Royse published his exceptional study on the scribal habits of six early New Testament papyri. In his work, Royse revolutionized text critics’ understanding of the text-critical canon lectio brevior potior or, “the shorter reading is preferred”1 by demonstrating that the scribes he studied tended to omit more than they added. In its place he coined a new canon which he called lectio longior potior or, “the longer reading is preferred.” [Read more…]