Category: Textual Criticism

  • Response to Kurschner’s "8 Reasons"

    Brother Alan Kurschner has posted an article entitled, “8 Reasons Why It Is Fallacious for KJVO Advocates to Invoke the Majority Rule” (link) Turretinfan Responds: As a preliminary matter it is important to note that the present author is not a KJVO advocate, but rather a KJV-preferred advocate. With that caveat, the present author commends…

  • Response to Kurschner on Revelation 5:9-10

    Response to Mr. Alan Kurschner On Revelation 5:9-10 The Present Author Slightly Favoring The Reading of the Authorized Version Introduction In a recent article (link), Mr. Kurschner argued that the Authorized Version (aka the KJV) has several incorrect readings at Revelation 5:9-10. I respectfully disagree with Mr. Kurschner, and I believe that the Authorized Version…

  • Torching of the Text?

    Torching of the Text? A dubious argument in favor of the received text commented upon, with several objections thereto readily discarded. Mr. Kurschner recently wrote a follow-up article (link is here) to an early article he had written (my response to that article is linked here) against the King James Version Only crowd. This presnt…

  • Wesley on 1 John 5:7-8 (The Comma)

    On the theme of the Johannine Comma, the following is Wesley’s brief take on the subject. I have presented Wesley mostly to show that I have not quoted Calvin above to support the argument by the personal authority of Calvin, but have simply included Calvin’s comments (and Wesley’s and others) to show the historical acceptance…

  • Calvin on 1 John 5:7-8 (The Comma)

    In keeping with my series on the historical view of the Johannine Comma, here are the thoughts of John Calvin on the subject, even though Calvin is neither particularly favorable to the position that I favor, nor particularly dogmatic. It should be noted that apparently the Jerome document that Calvin is referencing is actually pseudo-Jerome,…

  • Matthew Henry on 1 John 5:7-8 (The Comma)

    Continuing in my series on the traditional view (contrasted with the modern view) of the text we have accepted as authenticate, the following is Matthew Henry’s take on the issue. Note that Matthew Henry does not seem particularly to care how many or how old the Greek noses are that can be counted. The Authenticity…

  • John Gill on 1 John 5:7-8 (The comma.)

    Consistent with my position that I do not want anyone to accept what I say because I say it, I sometimes find it to be of value to provide the thoughts of other Christian men on subjects on which modern times have, to a degree, reversed the Reformed position. The Authenticity of the Comma Johanneum…

  • Dean John William Burgon vs. Alan Kurschner

    Where are the Manuscripts? In a recent article, Mr. Kurschner challenged Dean Burgon’s view of the manuscript ancestry of the so-called Byzantine text. Mr. Kurschner’s article appears simply to adopt modern methodologies and claims of the mainstream textual critical movement, and does not significantly interact with Dean Burgon’s position. Mr. Kurschner justifies this lack of…