Destinations
Current and Ongoing Projects
Ongoing projects at the CNTTS include the following:
- Continuous development of a comprehensive searchable, electronic database of variants in the entire New Testament,
- Development and maintenance of a website devoted to New Testament textual studies,
- Development of an English-based, searchable commentary for the purposes of exegesis,
- Creation of replica New Testament papyri for the purposes of study and display,
- Cooperation with current efforts in the field of New Testament textual studies in order to provide access to texts and textual data for the scholarly community,
- Advancement of the possibilities for NOBTS students to engage in in-depth study of the New Testament text through the collation of manuscripts and the analysis of manuscript relations and features.
- Ongoing collation work on numerous New Testament manuscripts,
- Workshops or independent continuing education opportunities for visiting scholars and students,
- Formal study, including two separate Master's level courses in textual criticism and two Ph.D. doctoral seminars. The M.A./M.Div. courses include a general introduction to NT TC and an advanced study of palaeography and manuscript reading/collating. The Ph.D. seminars emphasize methodology issues, current trends, and specialized manuscript studies alongside the research of the student.
