... 7startedmakingmequestionmyunderstandingofscriptureastheverballyinspiredwordofGod.IfthefullmeaningofthewordsofscripturecanbegraspedonlybystudyingtheminGreek (and Hebrew),doesn'tthis meanthat mostChristians, who don'treadancient languages, will neverhavecompleteaccessto what Godwantsthemtoknow? And doesn'tthismakethedoctrineofinspirationadoctrineonlyforthescholarlyelite, who havetheintellectualskills and leisuretolearnthelanguages and studythetextsbyreadingthemintheoriginal? What gooddoesit do tosaythatthewordsareinspiredbyGodifmostpeoplehaveabsolutelynoaccesstothesewords,butonlytomoreorlessclumsyrenderingsofthesewordsintoalanguage,suchasEnglish,thathasnothingto do withtheoriginalwords?'MyquestionswerecomplicatedevenmoreasIbegantothinkincreasinglyaboutthemanuscriptsthatconveyedthewords.ThemoreIstudiedGreek,themoreIbecameinterestedinthemanuscriptsthatpreservetheNewTestamentforus, and inthescienceoftextualcriticism, ... from the originals and different from them,evidently,inthousandsofways.Thesedoubtsbothplaguedme and drovemetodigdeeper and deeper,tounderstand what theBiblereallywas.IcompletedmydegreeatWheatonintwoyears and decided,undertheguidanceofProfessorHawthorne,tocommitmyselftothetextualcriticismoftheNewTestamentbygoingtostudywiththeworld'sleadingexpertinthefield, ... "orthodoxy") and to opposethose who advocatedfalseteaching.TheseantihereticaltractatesbecameanimportantfeatureofthelandscapeofearlyChristianliterature. What isinteresting...