David Gooding Answers

This is an online archive of David Gooding’s answers to Bible-related questions that he received over many years of correspondence and in Q&A sessions. They are available to read online, or download as PDFs. This project is ongoing, so new resources will be added periodically.

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Variations between manuscripts are sometimes counted in many thousands. Are not many of these details of no material significance?

David Gooding 3/7/25 David Gooding 3/7/25

Variations between manuscripts are sometimes counted in many thousands. Are not many of these details of no material significance?

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Is the Apocrypha useful in shedding light on certain things in the Old Testament? For example, the added Letter of Jeremiah and Baruch, Jeremiah’s secretary’s book, in the Apocrypha?

David Gooding 12/19/23 David Gooding 12/19/23

Is the Apocrypha useful in shedding light on certain things in the Old Testament? For example, the added Letter of Jeremiah and Baruch, Jeremiah’s secretary’s book, in the Apocrypha?

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In light of textual differences, do you recommend a particular version of the Bible?

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In light of textual differences, do you recommend a particular version of the Bible?

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Can you explain the difference between textual criticism and higher criticism please?

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Can you explain the difference between textual criticism and higher criticism please?

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Can you comment on John 9:35 and whether the original manuscripts read ‘Son of God’ or ‘Son of Man’?

David Gooding 12/19/23 David Gooding 12/19/23

Can you comment on John 9:35 and whether the original manuscripts read ‘Son of God’ or ‘Son of Man’?

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What is your advice for a thesis on 3 Reigns?

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What is your advice for a thesis on 3 Reigns?

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Is the use of literary symmetry in a historical work, such as Luke’s Gospel, consistent with strict historicity?

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Is the use of literary symmetry in a historical work, such as Luke’s Gospel, consistent with strict historicity?

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Does its inclusion in the Majority Text prove the story of the adulteress to be a part of John’s original Gospel?

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Does its inclusion in the Majority Text prove the story of the adulteress to be a part of John’s original Gospel?

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Was Greek the original language of the Old Testament?

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Was Greek the original language of the Old Testament?

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Should apocryphal books have been included in our Old Testament?

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Should apocryphal books have been included in our Old Testament?

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How are the manuscripts dated?

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How are the manuscripts dated?

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How did the canon come together into what we know as the Old and New Testaments?

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How did the canon come together into what we know as the Old and New Testaments?

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