Daily Archives: April 25, 2026

New Testament Fragmentology: The Greek Witness

Posted on April 25, 2026 by nathanalbright

Introduction The previous paper examined the Hebrew witness to the Old Testament and found, in the fragmentary evidence of the Dead Sea materials, the Cairo Genizah, and related corpora, substantial confirmation of the stability with which the Hebrew text has … Continue reading →

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Old Testament Fragmentology: The Hebrew Witness

Posted on April 25, 2026 by nathanalbright

Introduction The first three papers of this series have laid foundations. The first defined fragmentology and argued that the believer who confesses Scripture as the Word of God has reason to attend to the partial witnesses by which that Word … Continue reading →

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A Hermeneutics of Humility for the Fragmentary Witness

Posted on April 25, 2026 by nathanalbright

Introduction The previous paper set out a biblicist hermeneutic and argued that a high view of Scripture, far from discouraging careful work with the manuscript witnesses, actually requires it. Yet a high view of Scripture left to itself can produce, … Continue reading →

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A Biblicist Hermeneutic Stated and Defended

Posted on April 25, 2026 by nathanalbright

Introduction The first paper in this series defined fragmentology and argued that the believer who holds the highest view of Scripture has every reason to care about the fragmentary witnesses to the biblical text. That argument depended at every turn … Continue reading →

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Defining the Field: Fragmentology and the Biblical Text

Posted on April 25, 2026 by nathanalbright

Introduction Every Bible a believer holds in hand stands at the end of a long chain of hands. Quills, reed pens, scrapers, ink, parchment, papyrus, and eventually movable type and digital files have all served to bring the words of … Continue reading →

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