Resources
Reference materials
A growing set of reference materials for the series - terms, places, the transmission of the biblical text, and (in time) timelines, maps, and source notes.
A growing set of reference materials for the series - terms, places, the transmission of the biblical text, and (in time) timelines, maps, and source notes.
Key terms used across the series - from Arianism to the 39th Festal Letter. Alphabetical, linked to the episodes where they appear.
Open glossary ReferenceThe cities, regions, and frontiers where early Christianity took shape: Jerusalem, Antioch, Alexandria, Rome, Carthage, Najrān, and more.
Open places ReferencePrimary texts, modern scholarship, and the podcasts and YouTube channels the series draws on. A consolidated reading list.
Open sources ReferenceThe Hurrian Hymn on lyre, together with original intros, mood cues, thematic pieces, and scene music composed for the series.
Open musicHow the biblical text was copied, changed, translated, and chosen - from the Dead Sea Scrolls to the printed Bibles on the shelf today. A set of standalone deep-dives that share one design.
How the words of the Bible were copied, translated, and edited across two thousand years. The background primer to the series.
Read Transmission SeriesContinuity and drift in the Hebrew scriptures, read against the Dead Sea Scrolls: what stayed fixed and what moved.
Read Transmission SeriesWhy no two Bibles are quite the same: the canon, the manuscripts, and the choices behind the version in the pew.
Read Transmission SeriesA master apparatus of New Testament variants: the verses that were added, removed, or changed, set out in full.
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