The Codex Sinaiticus and Biblical Textual Criticism

The Pacific Christian College of Ministry and Biblical Studies and the Hugh and Hazel Darling Library of Hope International University presents:

The Codex Sinaiticus and Biblical Textual Criticism
Dr. Paul McReynolds, Ph.D., Senior Professor of Biblical Studies
Dr. David Matson, Ph.D., Professor of Biblical Studies

An event hosted by the Darling Library
of Hope International University
September 3, 2015 at 7:00PM
Reception at 6:00PM

• “What is the oldest complete copy of the New Testament in the world?”
• “How can we be sure that the New Testament is accurate?”
• “Did Jesus’ sweat really become like drops of blood as he prayed in the garden?”
• “Did Jesus really ask God to forgive his crucifiers?”
• “Why was the Gospel of John written?”

On September 3, 2015 our own biblical scholars will address these kinds of questions in a presentation focusing on the Codex Sinaiticus and its significance for biblical textual criticism.

Dr. Paul R. McReynolds

Dr. Paul McReynolds, Senior Professor of Biblical Studies, graduated from Pacific Christian College (Hope International University) in 1958 and has degrees from California State University, Long Beach, Butler University, Pepperdine University, and a Ph.D. from Claremont Graduate University. He has taught Biblical Studies at Pacific Christian College of Hope International University since 1968 continuing to teach online after retirement from full-time teaching in 2000. He is a respected biblical scholar and is best known for his Word Study Greek-English New Testament, (Tyndale House, 1999) which is a very familiar (required) tool for the Literary Exegesis and Analysis of the Bible.

Dr. McReynolds will also be speaking in Chapel on Thursday, September 3, 2015 as part of the ongoing Voices of Christian Thought series sponsored by the Pacific Christian College of Ministry and Biblical Studies of Hope International University.

Dr. David L. Matson

Dr. David Matson, Professor of Biblical Studies, graduated from Pacific Christian College (Hope International University) in 1981 with Dr. McReynolds as his major professor, advisor, and mentor. He went on to receive an M.A. from Pepperdine and the Ph.D. from Baylor University in Biblical Studies.

Dr. Matson has been a beloved professor at Hope since 2004 He is “the author of numerous articles and book reviews, Matson had his Household Conversion Narratives in Acts: Pattern and Interpretation included in the prestigious Journal for the Study of the New Testament dissertation series, published by Sheffield Academic Press. More recently, he co-edited and contributed to One in Christ Jesus: Essays on Early Christianity and ‘All that Jazz’ in Honor of S. Scott Bartchy.”

Together, these scholars will give a presentation on the Codex Sinaiticus and its significance for biblical textual criticism.

There is no cost and the public is welcome.

Click here for location and directions.

PARKING: Follow HIU Event Signs to the student lot at Commonwealth. A student will be there to open the gate for you.

Please RSVP on the Library's Facebook Page Event here.

-------------------------------------------

The Codex Sinaiticus, written in Greek in the fourth century, is the oldest surviving complete New Testament and one of the two oldest manuscripts of the whole Bible. Since 2002, a major international project has been creating an electronic version of the manuscript and this facsimile is based on that project. The facsimile reunites the text, now divided between the British Library, the University Library in Leipzig, Germany, Saint Catherine's Monastery, Mount Sinai, and the National Library of Russia.

Codex Sinaiticus. Peabody, Mass: Hendrickson Publishers Marketing, 2010. Print.

Now on display in the Darling Library.