"Their professionalism, the quality of their work, and their state-of-the-art equipment were excellent."
- Vera Valitutto, Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana
Preserving Ancient New Testament Manuscripts for a Modern World
The Center for the Study of New Testament Manuscripts, under the umbrella of The Center for the Research of Early Christian Documents (CRECD), exists for the following purposes:
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To make digital photographs of extant Greek New Testament manuscripts so that such images can be preserved, duplicated without deterioration, and accessed by scholars doing textual research.
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To utilize developing technologies (OCR, MSI, etc.) to read these manuscripts and create exhaustive collations.
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To analyze individual scribal habits in order to better predict scribal tendencies in any given textual problem.
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To publish on various facets of New Testament textual criticism.
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To develop electronic tools for the examination and analysis of New Testament manuscripts.
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To cooperate with other institutes in the great and noble task of determining the wording of the autographa of the New Testament.
