Newsletter Highlights - December 2024

Here is an update about some of the things going on at the Center for New Testament Restoration (CNTR):

• A lot more lexicon work was done under the hood on the CNTR database towards the release of a new open-source lexicon that is under development. There are currently about 10 volunteers working on the task. This is a significant undertaking that may take a couple of years before the data is ready for release. The goal is to produce an open-source lexicon that will exceed the capabilities in a number of areas compared to the copyrighted BDAG lexicon which has been the de facto standard up till now.
• Related to some of that work, I have finally released, “The Analytical Lexicon and Concordance of the Greek New Testament” which has been published by GlossaHouse (https://glossahouse.com/products/the-analytical-lexicon-and-concordance-of-the-greek-new-testament). You can also get it from Amazon and other outlets where the shipping may be cheaper for those overseas. Here is the description from the back cover: “The Analytical Lexicon and Concordance of the Greek New Testament represents a new category of biblical resources based on new advanced scholarship. It combines the best features of an analytical lexicon with a concordance, providing better formatting, improved categories, and more comprehensive data, including the variant words from all the earliest manuscripts up to AD 400. It is also released under an open license to better serve the needs of the global church.”
• As you can see the CNTR project is relying more and more on work from volunteers, which is both a blessing and part of the plan to keep the project going for future generations. Volunteers have recently finished the transcriptions for P130 and P141 which have been added to the website. The P130 transcription is notable in that the manuscript had not even been published! The CNTR continues to add electronic transcriptions of the New Testament to the website, with many that still cannot be found anywhere else. I have also started adjusting the database to be able to add the early foreign versions of the New Testament to the website, but it will probably take several months before that shows up.
• The Selling Jesus organization (https://sellingjesus.org) put out this video on YouTube from footage they shot of me entitled, “Freely Giving the Greek New Testament” (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVPl6Lqbfzg). In it I discuss various copyright issues surrounding the Bible and there is a little bit of my story at the end.

Well, that is some of the news from the CNTR. As always, all praise and glory is given to the Lord Jesus Christ for all that has been accomplished!