Institut für Neutestamentliche Textforschung - INTF

The work of cataloging the riches of the world’s Greek New Testament evidence is far from finished. Within the last 6 years, 273 new manuscript discoveries have been added to the Kurzgefasste Liste:

We are grateful for those around the globe who have partnered with us in this vital endeavor, helping to make each of these precious manuscripts known to the world.

For more see: https://ntvmr.uni-muenster.de/liste

A brief German press release about ECM Revelation from the Uni Münster. We're happy to see Dr. Annette Hüffmeier, one of the talented editors of the edition, is pictured prominently in the article. https://www.uni-muenster.de/news/view.php?cmdid=14208

GA 0320, a 10th century Greek-Latin majuscule, was thought to be completely lost. We are happy to report that’s not the case anymore!

Check out the new images in the VMR https://ntvmr.uni-muenster.de/manuscript-workspace?docID=20320 and read all about it here. https://ntvmr.uni-muenster.de/intfblog/-/blogs/2030945

At the end of the post is a vexing Liste mystery that we’d be most grateful for help in solving!

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Please share with any students and scholars who would be interested in this kind of training, rarely available in conventional graduate programs and university programs.

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Hellenic College Holy Cross

The directors of the INTF, Kurt Aland, Barbara Aland and Holger Strutwolf, presented the ECM to the respective popes: John Paul II and Benedict XVI. You can find out more about the history of the INTF today in the open tour of the Bibelmuseum Münster

Kurt and Barbara Aland visited St. Catherine’s Monastery in Sinai in the 1980s.

Damals wie heute: Die Semesterferien sind die Zeit der Forschungsreisen. Das Foto aus den 1980er Jahren zeigt Kurt und Barbara Aland, zwei bedeutende Forschende der Textkritik auf ihrer Reise auf den Sinai. Die Mönche des Katharinenklosters, dem ältesten durchgehend bewohnten christlichen Kloster, ermöglichten den Zugang zu den damals neu entdeckten Blättern des Codex Sinaiticus.

Our director Holger Strutwolf attended a workshop on 2 July 2024 at the Institute for Distance Learning (IDL) Amonoo-Neizer Conference Centre at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) in Kumasi, Ghana, to discuss aspects surrounding histories, legacies and dissemination of mother-tongue Bibles. Holger Strutwolf gave a lecture on the textual histories of the original Greek sources of the New Testament (29:24).

MUNSTER-KNUST COLLABORATIVE WORKSHOP Mother tongue bibles in Ghana

A short summary of what we’ve been up to these past 65 years. We’re deeply grateful for the years of support, trust, and collaboration with people around the world who make our work possible. We look forward to what the next 65 years will bring!

The Real Biblioteca del Monasterio in El Escorial has the largest collection of Greek New Testament manuscripts in Spain.

We were happy to learn that their entire Greek collection, as well as hundreds of other manuscripts, have now been digitized: https://tinyurl.com/mu88dacx

So far, they’ve uploaded the following Greek NT manuscripts to their site, which are now linked in the NTVMR: https://ntvmr.uni-muenster.de/

914
915
918
1835
2004
2924
L43

We’re working on getting digital images for the other 28 MSS!

About 18% of all Greek NT manuscripts in the Liste are on Mount Athos in Greece, and there’s still so many more to be discovered there!

Just in the past few months we’ve added 10 new manuscripts in Athos. Get to know them here:

Some of the oldest known Greek witnesses in the world of John, Matthew, Acts, Philemon, and Romans are currently on display at Bibelmuseum Münster

Come by this summer and experience these rare 3rd and 4th century fragments for yourself!

We're thrilled to see the website for the "Paratexts Seeking Understanding" is now live! An intro to the project is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n914_R6_0FM

For more about this groundbreaking project see here. https://mappingthemargins.com/

Congratulations to Garrick Allen and the Mapping the Margins team!

Paratexts - Mapping the Margins Recognizing the power of paratexts: What gets missed when all the elements surrounding the text are overlooked? paratext Defined We think a lot about how people access and consume content in today’s digital world, but rarely do we give paratexts the attention they deserve. And scholars often don.....

We’re excited to have images for the first time of the only Greek NT manuscript registered in the country of Malta! L2135

This 11th century parchment lectionary has liturgical readings for mid-Pentecost including John 8:12 “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness but will have the light of life."

https://ntvmr.uni-muenster.de/liste?docID=42135

The newest papyrus in the Liste: P141. Although added a couple of years ago, these 3rd century Greek NT fragments of Luke have received surprisingly little attention.

P. Oxy. 5478 is housed at the Bodleian Art, Archaeology and Ancient World Library (which was called Sackler Library until last year).

Only three other fragments of Luke from Oxyrhynchus have been published: P69, P111, and P138, all assigned to the 3rd century.
With Luke 2,32-34.40-42; 24,22-28.30-38, P 141 has the most extensive text of any of these!

https://ntvmr.uni-muenster.de/liste?docID=10141

Introducing the first eclectic and digital critical edition of Hebrew Psalms, now hosted on the VMR! https://hbcepsalms.manuscriptroom.com/edition

The Critical Edition of the Hebrew Psalter (CEHP) project, co-directed by Prof. Brent A. Strawn and Dr. Drew Longacre at Duke University/Divinity School, moves beyond existing scholarly editions by collating and evaluating the best readings of the text of the Hebrew Bible from all available sources. The edition has a critical apparatus and full textual commentary. Check it out for yourself!

GA 2439 a 13th century Gospel MS at Milli Kütüphane in Ankara Turkey, has now been digitized and is linked in the NTVMR. So far this is the only one of their 6 Greek NT manuscripts that’s been digitised, but we’re working on it! 😉

In this blog post, one of the editors of the ECM Revelation, Darius Müller, shares details about the newly published edition! https://ntvmr.uni-muenster.de/intfblog/-/blogs/1988927

In recent years there has been some uncertainty about whether GA 2752 and GA 2753 at Gordon College in Wenham, MA might have been sold. We’re happy to report that these manuscripts are still there and that more leaves have been discovered!
An additional 8 leaves with the Gospel of Luke have now added to GA 2753 in the Liste.
https://ntvmr.uni-muenster.de/liste?docID=32753

The number of Greek New Testament manuscripts in the US has been steadily increasing! While collections like those in Washington D.C and Chicago are well known, did you know that manuscript leaves have been added in the following cities in recent years?

Albany, NY
Athens, OH
Billings, MT
Bloomington, IN
Bryn Mawr, PA
Buffalo, NY
Cincinnati, OH
Columbus, OH
Fort Worth, TX
Houston, TX
Ithaca, NY
Lawrence, KS
Madison, WI
Memphis, TN
Middlebury, VT
Middletown, CT
Nashville, TN
Notre Dame, IN
Oak Creek, WI
Pensacola, FL
Phoenix, AZ
Provo, UT
Waltham, MA
Woodbury, NY

See the NT.VMR for more details. https://ntvmr.uni-muenster.de/liste

The new edition of ECM revealed! This video offers a sneak peak of the ECM Revelation https://youtu.be/HJrhNyQXYdU

Now available for purchase through the German Bible Society! https://shop.die-bibel.de/ECM-VI.-Offenbarung.-Gesamtband/5623

Sneak Peak of ECM Revelation The new edition of ECM revealed! In this video, Greg Paulson offers a sneak peak of the ECM Revelation, now available for purchase through the German Bible S...

Introducing one of the newest additions to the Liste, GA 3023, a beautiful 12th century codex containing Acts and the Epistles with 115 folios in Beirut, Lebanon.
https://ntvmr.uni-muenster.de/liste?docID=33023

There’s only one other registered manuscript in Lebanon, L2563 in Bzoummar. We are grateful to now have two!

Hot off the press! https://ntvmr.uni-muenster.de/intfblog/-/blogs/1974559 New catalogue of our Bible Museum manuscripts. Get to know this unique collection of Greek New Testament manuscripts, the 3rd largest in Germany!

Step back in time 45 years and see what the INTF and Bibelmuseum Münster looked like in 1979! In this historical footage, former director Prof Kurt Aland explains how the INTF used cutting-edge tools to reconstruct papyri and read palimpsests, describing the holdings at the newly opened Bible Museum and their historical connection to the Institute’s work. And don’t miss the part about the INTF’s fascinating expeditions to photograph manuscripts!

Historic Footage: The INTF and Bible Museum with Kurt Aland In this excerpt from a 1979 WDR news report on the opening of the Bible Museum Münster, former director Prof Kurt Aland offers a tour of the new Bible Museum...

New manuscripts are still being discovered in Sinai! Introducing one of the newer additions to the Liste, L2554 at St. Catherine's Monastery. Seven lectionaries have been added from St. Catherine’s in just the last few years! https://ntvmr.uni-muenster.de/liste?docID=42554

Starting today, 6 Greek New Testament papyri from the 3rd/4th centuries are on display at our Bible Museum!

P8, P25, P66, P86, P87, and P118 are on loan from Cologne (Institut für Altertumskunde) and Berlin (Staatliche Museen) until Sept. 29, 2024.

There are only 135 known Greek NT witnesses on papyri and only two other institutions in the world that currently house more (Bodleian and the Austrian National Library). Don’t miss this unique chance to come by the Bibelmuseum Münster.