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Textual Criticism
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This is one of the first places to go if you are new to the text criticism. This link is to an excellent introduction to the theory and practice of text criticism.
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This is the other first place to go if you are new to text criticism.
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This is the TOC to the larger "Interpreting Ancient Mauscripts" site. From here you can find out about the biblical manuscripts themselves, the process of copying the Biblical texts, and the basic techniques of textual criticism.
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Rich Elliott's site is encyclopedic in scope. Particularly useful to a new text critic are the "Manuscript" articles, especially the "Manuscript Description" entry.
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From the University of Munster's Institute for NT Textual Research, this site contains high-quality pictures of NT manuscripts. The easiest navigator on this German site is the VMR button. From there, pick your text by name.
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Michael Marlowe's excellent, all-around website contains two excellent pages for Text Critical studies: The Greek Text of the New Testament, and Web Directory of Biblical Studies.
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This "forum [blog] for people with knowledge of the Bible in its original languages to discuss its manuscripts and textual history from the perspective of historic evangelical theology," also contains a helpful Index of NT Manuscripts.
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This is Peter M. Head's list of NT manuscripts, with links to pictures of and more information about them.
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This is the NationMaster's linked, encyclopedia entry on NT Uncials. If you click on "New Testament Papyri," you will go to a linked list of NT papyri.
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This goal of this project is to make the entire text and photos of the Codex Sinaiticus available online for free.
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This is K.C. Hanson's list of early NT manuscripts. The list is linked to pictures and further information for the manuscripts.
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This is David Robert Palmer's linked chronological list of NT manuscripts.
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This is the CSNTM's linked list of NT manuscripts.
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This is Andrews University's GMRC's link page to important online databases of Greek manuscripts.
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This is Rodney Decker's charts on important Greek NT manuscripts, organized by family.
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This gives a helpful overview of their hermeneutical process. This page is a good primer on textual criticism.
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This is part of a larger site based in Montreal, Canada. The entire site appears to be in French. The descriptions of the texts on this page are pretty solid.
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This short read helpfully brings together analysis of the textual situation of the Bible as compared to classical literature.
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This excellent handout gives you the background to the major biblical texts put out by the German Bible Society (BHS, UBS, NA28...). The pamphlet includes full color photos, and is a must read for those serious about the Bible in its original languages.
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This resource will help you tremendously with your text critical studies. Type a passage into the search bar and it will discuss the textual variants relevant to that passage.
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Some Biblical Passages with Interesting Textual Variants
The following passages are helpful texts for teaching or learning about NT Textual Criticism.-
Start with Mark 16:9-20; Gospel of John 7:53-8:11; 1 John 5:7-8; then try any of the following: Mt 17:21; 24:36; Mk 1:14, 41; 9:23; Lk 10:42; 22:43-44; Jn 1:28; Rom 5:1; 1 Cor 14:34-35; Eph 1:1; 5:30 . . .
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. . . Col 4:15; 1 Thess 2:7; Phil 3:12-13; Heb 2:7; 1 Jn 1:4c; 2:20, 23; 5:7-8; Rev 13:7, 18.
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