An Interview with William Varner on the Greek Text of James
Few have given the Greek text of James as much attention as William Varner. Listen as he shares his story with Greek, ministry, and more.
Few have given the Greek text of James as much attention as William Varner. Listen as he shares his story with Greek, ministry, and more.
What do you do when a clause in Greek can be either a statement or question? Here’s a really tricky example.
In a recently published article (full PDF linked below), I suggest a different reading in Jas 3.3a from what is found in the critical texts of NA28/UBS4 which read: εἰ δὲ τῶν ἵππων τοὺς χαλινοὺς εἰς τὰ στόματα βάλλομεν εἰς τὸ πείθεσθαι αὐτοὺς ἡμῖν, καὶ ὅλον τὸ σῶμα αὐτῶν μετάγομεν. I suggest that ἴδε instead of εἰ δὲ has both older external evidence and a better argument from internal evidence for its adoption….
Dr. William Varner discusses our English convention of calling Jesus’ brother Ἰάκωβος “James,” even though his Greek name means “Jacob.”
This video is an excerpt from Dr. Varner’s James Greek Reading Videos….
The history of early Christianity has taken one of the prime spots in recent NT research. Revisionist histories abound, and new perspectives on old data are welcome. But the attempts to canvas in detail the first 150 years of Christianity are few and far between….