"Myths and Mistakes in New Testament Textual Criticism: ed. by Hixson and Gurry. A Review
Myths and Mistakes in New Testament Textual Criticism Elijah Hixson and Peter J. Gurry, editors IVP Academic Ivpress.com ISBN: 978-0-8308-5257-4; November 2019; $40.00 It could be a sign that I have crossed the threshold into the bleary realm of being eccentric and idiosyncratic. Honestly, I wholly expected to be bored to tears. But somehow reading about ancient manuscripts of the New Testament, codices, fragments and variants was enjoyable! Editors Elijah Hixson, junior research associate in New Testament Text and Language at Tyndale House, Cambridge, and Peter J. Gurry, assistant professor of New Testament and codirector of the Text and Canon Institute at Phoenix Seminary, have enlisted a team of knowledgeable and engaging authors in their new 400-page paperback, “Myths and Mistakes in New Testament Textual Criticism.” Not written for technicians, but rather for pastors, apologists, seminarians, and congregants, this volume intelligibly hits the mark. The edito