Daily Archives: April 26, 2026

Toward a Faithful Fragmentology: Synthesis and Recommendations

Posted on April 26, 2026 by nathanalbright

Introduction The eight papers preceding this one have moved from foundations to method, from method to specific corpora, and from those corpora to the practical chain by which fragmentary evidence reaches the church. The work has been cumulative. Each paper … Continue reading →

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Fragments, Translation, and the Pew

Posted on April 26, 2026 by nathanalbright

Introduction The previous papers have moved from foundations to method, from method to specific corpora of evidence, and from those corpora to the special case of fragments at the canonical edges. The present paper turns to a question that has … Continue reading →

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Fragments at the Edges: Apocrypha, Pseudepigrapha, and Unidentified Material

Posted on April 26, 2026 by nathanalbright

Introduction The previous papers have concentrated on fragmentary witnesses to the canonical text — Hebrew witnesses to the Old Testament, Greek witnesses to the New, and the methods by which both are read and reported. The present paper turns to … Continue reading →

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Method: Reading, Reconstructing, and Refusing to Overreach

Posted on April 26, 2026 by nathanalbright

Introduction The previous two papers surveyed the principal bodies of fragmentary evidence — the Hebrew witness to the Old Testament and the Greek witness to the New — and assessed what each does and does not establish. Those surveys assumed, … Continue reading →

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The Kesil: Portrait of a Fool Who Will Not Learn

Posted on April 26, 2026 by nathanalbright

[Note:  This is the prepared text given to the Dalles congregation of the United Church of God on Sabbath, April 25, 2026.] Introduction: The Bible Has Something Urgent to Say About Foolishness There is a peculiar feature of the English … Continue reading →

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