Text & Canon Institute

09/09/2026

We’ve just updated our speaking calendar. If you’re near any of these areas in the next 6 months, we’d love to see you. Learn more at https://textandcanon.org/events/scribes-scripture/ -dates

09/02/2026

Our newest article explains Eusebius’s ancient cross-referencing system for the Gospels that allows for a rich reading of the Gospels.

Eusebius’s ancient cross-referencing system was a profound innovation that allows a rich reading of the Gospels.

08/28/2026

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08/25/2026

Do you or someone you know use a Scofield Reference Bible? First published in 1909, the Scofield Bible was an immediate hit. It sold more than two million copies in its first few decades and, by one estimate, has sold more than ten million copies in its lifetime. Learn more about this famous Bible that has influenced an entire religious subculture in the English-speaking world.

By combining familiar and original material, the Scofield Reference Bible ushered in a theological sea change.

08/12/2026

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08/04/2026

Our newest article is on the Complutensian Polyglot, the first printed multi-column, multi-language Bible. Produced in Spain, it was an unrivaled achievement of biblical scholarship and was a pinnacle of 16th-century book production.

The first printed multi-column, multi-language Bible was the crown of Spanish scholarship in the 16th century. Learn about its many innovations in this article from Thomas Hudgins.

07/31/2026

We've got a new article next week on one of the most important Bibles of the 16th century. If you want to know when it's published, make sure you're subscribed (or resubscribed) to our newsletter.

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07/03/2026

We tried to warn you about The Passion Translation of the Bible a while back.

Make sure to check out Mark Ward's "What Makes a Bible Translation Really Bad?," especially if you're looking into this matter for the first time.

No translation is perfect. But really bad translations are idiosyncratic and mislead innocent Bible readers.