Text-critical Theses

A number of postgraduate students are working on masters or doctoral theses in the area of New Testament textual criticism. Many are associated with the work towards the Editio Critica Maior.

In order to give a sense of work currently in progress and to avoid duplication, work in progress is listed here which is known to members of the IGNTP committee.

2025

• Zach Butler: A Critical Text of the Euthalian Apparatus in the Greek Manuscript Tradition: Acts and the General Epistles (PhD, New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, Prof. W.F. Warren).
• Michael Hawkes: Tools for a Synopsis of the Gospels (MA, University of Birmingham, Prof. H.A.G. Houghton).
• Nicholas Lammé: An Edition of the Anonymous Catena on the Catholic Epistles (PhD, University of Birmingham, Prof. H.A.G. Houghton)
• John C.P. Smith: Divine Referents in New Testament Manuscripts (PhD, University of Birmingham, Prof. H.A.G. Houghton)
• Hannelore Vandevelde: Greek-Latin Interference in the Epistle of James: A Philological and Textual Study of Codices GA 628 and GA 629 (MA, KU Leuven, Prof. Dr. C.M. Kreinecker and Dr. A.J. Patton)
• James J. Willison: GA 892: the Codex, the Scribe, and the Text (PhD, Columbia International University, Dr. Amy Sue Anderson).

2024

• Kim Lewis: Orthographic Study of the Pauline Epistles in Greek Manuscript 1881 (MABLL, Shepherds Theological Seminary, Prof. W. Andrew Smith). Awarded 2025.

2023

• Brett Gray: Scribal Habits in the Gospel of Mark in light of the Coherence-Based Genealogical Method (ThM, Phoenix Seminary, Dr. P. Gurry). Awarded 2023.
• Nicholas Lammé: A Critique of the Teststellen Method of Manuscript Classification in the Light of Evidence from the Coherence-Based Genealogical Method: The Epistle of Jude as a Test-Case (STM, Dallas Theological Seminary, Prof. D.B. Wallace). Awarded 2023.
• Daniel Motley: A Textual Analysis of 2 Timothy and Titus in Codex Augiensis (ThM, Shepherds Theological Seminary, Prof. W. Andrew Smith). Awarded 2024.
• Conrad T. Elmelund: “Compared and Corrected to the Ancient Exemplars”: Diorthosis in Early Christian Textual Transmission (PhD, Lund University, Prof. Samuel Byrskog & Prof. Tommy Wasserman).

2022

• Victoria Bird: The Long Ending of the Gospel of Mark: A Text-Critical and Narrative Study of its History and Impact (PhD, University of Nottingham, Prof. Richard Bell).
• Dalton Hicks: A Textual Commentary on the non-original Variant Readings in Revelation (PhD, New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, Prof. W.F. Warren). Awarded 2025.
• David Kim: The Text of 1 Corinthians in the Cappadocian Fathers (PhD, KU Leuven, Prof. Dr. C.M. Kreinecker).
• Minsook (Sarah) Park Lee: A Critical Text of the Euthalian Apparatus in the Greek Manuscript Tradition: The Paulines (PhD, New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, Prof. W.F. Warren).
• Michał Jan Marszałek: The Text of 1 Corinthians in Augustine of Hippo (PhD, KU Leuven, Prof. Dr. C.M. Kreinecker).
• Joey McCollum: Bayesian Phylogenetics and Its Application to the Text of Ephesians (PhD, Australian Catholic University, Prof. S.C. Carlson). Awarded 2026.

2021

• Jonathan Borland: The Text of the Fourth Gospel in the Writings of Tertullian (PhD, New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, Prof. W.F. Warren). Awarded 2023.
• Matthew Burks: The Text of the Leicester Codex: A Quantitative Analysis of GA 69 (PhD, New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, Prof. W.F. Warren). Awarded 2023.
• Madison Cannon: The Interpretive Significance of Some Nomina Sacra in the Gospel of John (ThM, Dallas Theological Seminary, Prof. D.B. Wallace). Awarded 2021.
• Fabio Castellanos: Codex Petropolitanus (PhD, New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, Prof. W.F. Warren). Awarded 2023.
• Gabriël Oberholzer: A Study of GA 655 (MA, University of Birmingham, Prof. H.A.G. Houghton). Awarded 2025.
• Lily T. Su: The Reception of the Pastoral Epistles (PhD, University of Glasgow, Prof. Garrick Allen).

2020

• Clark Bates: The Pseudo-Oecumenian Catena on Ephesians: Text, Translation, and Commentary (PhD, University of Birmingham, Prof. H.A.G. Houghton). Awarded 2024.
• Jonathan Campbell: Codex Koridethi (Θ 038) and the Caesarean Text (PhD, Dallas Theological Seminary, Prof. D.B. Wallace). Awarded 2024.
• Alec Fisher: Codex Boernerianus of the Pauline Epistles (PhD, University of Birmingham, Prof. H.A.G. Houghton).
• David A. Flood: Manuscripts of John of Damascus on Paul (PhD, University of Edinburgh, Prof. P. Foster). Awarded 2024. Available online.
• Brandon Jenkins: Codex Claromontanus: Its Scribal Features and Textual Relationships (PhD, New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, Prof. W.F. Warren). Awarded 2023.
• Peter Lorenz: A History of Codex Bezae’s Text in the Gospel of Mark (PhD, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität, Münster, Prof. H. Strutwolf). Awarded 2020. Published 2021.
• Andrew Patton: The Development of the Catenae on the Gospels (PhD, University of Birmingham, Prof. H.A.G. Houghton). Awarded 2024.
• Denis Salgado: Textual tradition of Romans in the Greek Lectionaries (9th–13th century) (PhD, University of Edinburgh, Prof. P. Foster). Awarded 2024. Available online.
• Emanuele Scieri: The Catena on the Acts of the Apostles (PhD, University of Birmingham, Prof. H.A.G. Houghton). Awarded 2024.
• Zachary Skarka: The Text and Transmission of Colossians (PhD, University of Birmingham, Prof. H.A.G. Houghton).

2019

• Clark Bates: Συρμαιογραφεῖν: An Historical and Paleographical Analysis of the Origin and Advancement of the Greek Minuscule Hand (ThM, Phoenix Seminary, Dr. P. Gurry). Awarded 2020.
• Jonathan Campbell: GA 2936: collation and textual analysis (ThM, Dallas Theological Seminary, Prof. D.B. Wallace). Awarded 2019.
• David A. Flood: The Study and Impact of P45 (ThM, Dallas Theological Seminary, Prof. D.B. Wallace). Awarded 2019.
• Ryan Kristopher Giffin: The Justification Clause of Philippians 3.12: A Textual, Transcriptional, and Exegetical Analysis (PhD, Asbury Theological Seminary, Prof. Fredrick Long). Awarded 2019.
• Nathan Jordan: A collation of manuscripts of the first millennium in 2 Corinthians and Hebrews (PhD, Dallas Theological Seminary, Prof. D.B. Wallace).
• Duane McCrory: The Text of Romans in the Arabic Tradition (PhD, University of Birmingham, Prof. H.A.G. Houghton).
• Ju Heun Park: Codex Monacensis (X/033) (PhD, New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, Prof. W.F. Warren). Awarded 2022.
• David Smith: Text and Paratext in GA 1411 (ThM, Dallas Theological Seminary, Prof. D.B. Wallace). Awarded 2019.

2018

• Megan Burnett: Codex Washingtonianus: Testing the Validity of Sander's Block Mixture Thesis (PhD, New Orleans Baptist Seminary, Prof. W.F. Warren). Awarded 2020. Published 2022.
• Nelson S. Hsieh: The Tyndale House Greek New Testament and Nestle-Aland Tradition as Complementary, Not Competitive Critical Editions (PhD, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Prof. J. Pennington). Awarded 2022. Available online.
• Florenc Mene: Nomina Sacra in the Corpus Paulinum in the First Millennium: The Textual and Visual Transmission of θεοc, κυριοc, ιησουc, χριστοc, and υιοc in the Papyri and Majuscules of Romans, 1 Corinthians, Philemon, and Hebrews (PhD, University of Edinburgh, Prof. P. Foster). Awarded 2022.
• Jacopo Marcon: The Pseudo-Oecumenian Catena on Romans (PhD, University of Birmingham, Prof. H.A.G. Houghton). Awarded 2023.
• Peter Montoro: Revision and Reference: The Transformations of the Biblical Text of Chrysostom’s Homilies on Romans and Their Significance for the Transmission of the New Testament. (PhD, University of Birmingham, Prof. H.A.G. Houghton). Awarded 2024.
• Katherine F.R. Morgan: The Importance of the Apocryphal Infancy Gospels for New Testament Text and Canon (PhD, New Orleans Baptist Seminary, Prof. W.F. Warren). Awarded 2023.
• Pat Sanders: Using Decision Tree Analysis and Modeling in the Paleographical Dating of Ancient Greek Manuscripts (PhD, New Orleans Baptist Seminary, Prof. W.F. Warren). Awarded 2020.
• Peter Shaw: The Corrector and Text of Minuscule 424 (PhD, University of Birmingham, Prof. H.A.G. Houghton).

2017

• Jesse R. Grenz: The Scribes and Correctors of Codex Vaticanus: A Study on the Codicology, Paleography, and Text of B(03) (PhD, University of Cambridge, Dr. D. Jongkind). Awarded 2021. Available online.
• Anna Persig: The Vulgate text of the Catholic Epistles: Its Language, Origin and Relationship with the Vetus Latina (PhD, University of Birmingham, Dr. H.A.G. Houghton). Awarded 2021. Available online. Published 2022.
• An-Ting Yi: From Erasmus to Maius: The History of Codex Vaticanus in New Testament Textual Scholarship (PhD, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Prof. B.J.L. Peerbolte). Awarded 2023. Available online. Published 2024.

2016

• Chiara Coppola: A new analysis of the Scholia Photiana in the Pseudo-Oecumenian catena tradition (PhD, University of Birmingham, Dr. H.A.G. Houghton). Awarded 2021. Available online.
• Michael Dormandy: An Investigation into Textual Characteristics of the Early Greek Majuscule Pandects (PhD, University of Cambridge, Dr. D. Jongkind). Awarded 2020. Published 2024.
• Timothy Mitchell: Family Π in the Gospel according to Mark (PhD, University of Birmingham, Dr H.A.G. Houghton). Awarded 2023. Available online.
• Jovan Stanojević: ECM IV and the Catholic Epistles of the Antoniades Edition (PhD, Bergische Universität Wuppertal, Prof. Dr. Martin Karrer). Awarded 2020. Published 2021.

2015

• Jacob Peterson: GA 1739: A Monk and His Manuscript and the Text of Paul (PhD, University of Edinburgh, Prof. P. Foster). Awarded 2020. Available online.

2014

• Rory P. Crowley: Jesus the Beloved, Well-Pleasing Son of God or Jesus the Son of God, Today Begotten at Baptism? (ThM, Dallas Theological Seminary, Prof. D.B. Wallace).
• Alan Taylor Farnes: Scribal Habits in Selected Greek New Testament manuscripts, including those with surviving exemplars (PhD, University of Birmingham, Prof. D.C. Parker).Awarded 2018. Available online. Published 2019.
• Benjamin D. Haupt: The New Testament Text of Tertullian and Irenaeus (University of Birmingham, Dr H.A.G. Houghton). Awarded 2019. Available online.
• Elijah Hixson: The Gospel of Matthew in a Sixth-Century Manuscript Family: Scribal Habits in the Greek Purple Codices 022, 023 and 042 (University of Edinburgh, Dr P. Foster). Awarded 2018. Available online. Published 2019.
• Pasi Hyytiäinen: Judaic Readings in Acts of Codex Bezae Cantabrigiensis (University of Helsinki, Prof. Petri Luomanen).
• Paolo Orsili: Gregory of Nazianzus in Greek catena manuscripts (Gregorio Nazianzeno nelle catene neotestamentarie greche) (Università degli studi di Macerata, Prof. Maria Grazia Moroni). Awarded 2014. Available online.
• Jacob Peterson: New Readings in Colossians in Papyrus 46 (ThM, Dallas Theological Seminary, Prof. D.B. Wallace). Awarded 2015.
• Jessica Shao: Family 1 in Luke (University of Minnesota, Prof. Philip Sellew).

2013

• Gunnar Büsch: Tertullian’s Text of Acts (University of Münster).
• Zachary Cole: Numerals in Early Greek New Testament Manuscripts: Text-Critical, Scribal and Theological Studies (PhD, University of Edinburgh, Prof. P. Foster). Awarded 2016. Available online. Published 2017.
• Grant Edwards: The Text and Transmission of 2 Thessalonians (PhD, University of Birmingham, Dr H.A.G. Houghton). Awarded 2020. Available online.
• Peter J. Gurry: A Critical Examination of the Coherence-based Genealogical Method (CBGM) (PhD, University of Cambridge, Dr P.M. Head). Awarded 2016. Published 2017.
• Stan Helton: The Text of Acts in the Writings of Origen (PhD, New Orleans Baptist Seminary, Prof. W.F. Warren). Awarded 2014. Published 2022.
• Darius Müller: The Text of John's Apocalypse. A Study of the Greek Text and its historical Developments from the Papyri to Elzevir's Edition of 1633. (Der Text der Johannesapokalypse. Studien zur griechischen Textgestalt und ihrer textgeschichtlichen Entwicklung von den Papyrus-Zeugnissen bis zur Elzevir-Edition von 1633.) (PhD, Kirchliche Hochschule Wuppertal/Bethel, Prof. Martin Karrer). Awarded 2022. Published 2023.
• Dora Panella: The Pseudo-Oecumenian catena on Galatians (PhD, University of Birmingham, Dr H.A.G. Houghton). Awarded 2018. Available online.
• Matt Solomon: The Textual Tradition of Philemon (PhD, New Orleans Baptist Seminary, Prof. W.F. Warren). Awarded 2014.

2012

• JeongSeop Ahn: Segmentation Features in New Testament Manuscripts: An Overlooked Resource for Editors and Translators (New Orleans Baptist Seminary, Prof. W.F. Warren). Awarded 2012.
• Doug Burleson: Case Studies in Closely Related Manuscripts for Determining Scribal Traits (New Orleans Baptist Seminary, Prof. W.F. Warren). Awarded 2012.
• Stephen C. Carlson: The Text of Galatians and Its History (PhD, Duke University, Prof. Mark Goodacre and Prof. Bart Ehrman). Awarded 2012. Available online. Published 2015.
• David Champagne: An Analysis of Superscription and Subscription Traditions in New Testament Manuscripts (New Orleans Baptist Seminary, Prof. W.F. Warren). Awarded 2012.
• Michael Clark: The Catena on John by Nicetas of Heraclea (PhD, University of Birmingham, Prof. D.C. Parker). Awarded 2015. Available online.
• Zachary Cole: Scribal Hands of Early New Testament Manuscripts (ThM, Dallas Theological Seminary, Prof. D.B. Wallace).
• Chad Dvoracek: Text Critical Studies in the Gospel of Mark: An Analysis of Harmonization in the Text of Family 1 (Luther Seminary, Dr. James Boyce; North Central University, Dr. Amy Anderson). Awarded 2012. Available online.
• Juan Eclarin: The Text of the Apostolos in Clement of Alexandria (Dallas Theological Seminary, Prof. D.B. Wallace).
• Andrew Edmondson: An Analysis of the Coherence-based Genealogical Method (PhD, University of Birmingham, Prof. D.C. Parker). Awarded 2019. Available online.
• Samuel J. Gibson: Greek lectionaries of the Pauline Epistles (PhD, University of Birmingham, Prof. D.C. Parker). Awarded 2016. Available online. Published 2018.
• Peter Gurry: The Textual Reliability of the Synoptic Divorce Sayings (ThM, Dallas Theological Seminary, Prof. D.B. Wallace).
• Matthew Larsen: The Gospels Before the Book (PhD, Yale University). Published 2018.
• Peter Malik: Chester Beatty Papyrus of Revelation (P47) - the book, its scribe, and its text (PhD, University of Cambridge, Dr P.M. Head). Awarded 2016. Published 2017.
• Darrell Post: An Analysis of the Newly Catalogued Gospels Minuscule, GA 2907 (ThM, Central Baptist Seminary, Virginia Beach).
• Sara Schulthess: The Arabic manuscripts of the Pauline Letters: a neglected field (PhD, University of Lausanne, Prof. C. Clivaz and D.Bouvier; University of Nijmegen, Prof. Herman Teule). Awarded 2016. Available online.
• Jason Stein: The Quality of Mark’s Text in the Hands of the Evangelist Matthew (ThM, Dallas Theological Seminary, Prof. D.B. Wallace).
• Matthew Steinfeld: The Text of Romans, Galatians and 2 Corinthians in Origen (PhD, University of Birmingham, Dr H.A.G. Houghton). Awarded 2016. Available online.
• Wilbert Stelzer: Pelagius' text of 2 Corinthians (PhD, Concordia Seminary, St Louis, Prof. J.J. Kloha). Awarded 2013. Published 2018.
• Brian J. Wright: Communal Reading in the Time of Jesus: A Window into Early Christian Reading Practices (PhD, Ridley College). Published 2017.

2011

• Edgar Ebojo: A codicological study of P46 (University of Birmingham, Prof. D.C. Parker). Awarded 2014. Available online.
• Troy Griffitts: Software for Community Editing of the New Testament (University of Birmingham, Dr H.A.G. Houghton). Awarded 2018. Available online.
• Maegan Gilliland: The Biblical Text of Clement of Alexandria (University of Edinburgh, Dr P. Foster). Awarded 2016.Available online.

2010

• Lonnie D. Bell: The Character of Transmission in the Early Text of John: Fluidity and Stability in its Second and Third Century Manuscripts. (University of Edinburgh, Prof. L.W. Hurtado). Awarded 2015. Available online. Published 2018.
• Min Seok Jang: A Reconsideration of the Date of Papyrus 46 (New Orleans Baptist Seminary, Prof. W.F. Warren). Awarded 2010.
• Philip Miller: The Least Orthodox Reading Is to Be Preferred: A New Canon for New Testament Textual Criticism? (ThM, Dallas Theological Seminary, Prof. D.B. Wallace).
• Jac Perrin: Family 13 in John (University of Birmingham, Prof. D.C. Parker). Awarded 2013. Available online. Published 2018.
• Ryan D. Wettlaufer: Conjectural Emendation in New Testament Textual Criticism with the Epistle of James as a Case Study (University of Toronto, Prof. John Kloppenborg). Awarded 2011. Published 2013.
• Brian Wright: Jesus as Θεος: A Textual Examination (ThM, Dallas Theological Seminary, Prof. D.B. Wallace).

2009

• David Brown: How Valid is von Soden's M group in John? (New Orleans Baptist Seminary, Prof. W.F. Warren). Awarded 2009.
• Amy M. Donaldson: Explicit References to New Testament Variant Readings among Greek and Latin Church Fathers (University of Notre Dame, Prof. Brian Daley). Awarded 2009. Available online.
• Young Real Ko: Augmenting Hoskier's and Schmid's Works: A Textual Analysis of Revelation (New Orleans Baptist Seminary, Prof. W.F. Warren). Awarded 2009.
• Adam Messer: Patristic Theology and Recension in Matthew 24:36: An Evaluation of Ehrman’s Text-Critical Methodology (ThM, Dallas Theological Seminary, Prof. D.B. Wallace).
• Coster Shimbaba Munyengwe: The Pluriformity of the Alexandrian Text-Type in the Catholic Epistles (Andrews University, Prof. Larry Richards). Awarded 2009.
• W. Andrew Smith: A Study of the Gospels in Codex Alexandrinus: Codicology, Palaeography, and Scribal Hands (PhD, University of Edinburgh, Prof. Larry Hurtado). Awarded 2013. Available online. Published 2014.

2008

• Christopher R. Jordan: Lectionary manuscripts of John (University of Birmingham, Prof. D.C. Parker). Awarded 2010. Available online
• Warren Langford: From Text to Art and Back Again: Verifying A. Weyl Carr's Manuscript Groupings Through Textual Analysis (New Orleans Baptist Seminary, Prof. W.F. Warren). Awarded 2008.
• Alison Welsby: Family 1 in John (University of Birmingham, Prof. D.C. Parker). Awarded 2012. Available online. Published 2014.

2007

• Clinton Baldwin: The So-Called Mixed Text: An Examination of the Non-Alexandrian and Non-Byzantine Text-Type in the Catholic Epistles (Andrews University, Profs. Robert Johnson and W. F. Warren). Awarded 2007.
• Jostein Garcia de Presno: The Text of the Gospel in Justin Martyr (Prof. Skarsaune).
• G. Earl Kellett: Synaxarion Lectionary Influences in the Gospels: A Study of the Interrelationship between Lectionary and Continuous Text Manuscripts (New Orleans Baptist Seminary, Prof. W.F. Warren). Awarded 2007.
• Gregory S. Paulson: Scribal Habits in Codex Sinaiticus, Vaticanus, Ephraemi, Bezae, and Washingtonianus in the Gospel of Matthew (University of Edinburgh, Dr. P. Foster, Prof. L.W. Hurtado). Awarded 2013. Available online. Published 2018.
• Mark Tagami: A Textual Analysis of the Manuscripts Comprising Family 1739 in Hebrews (New Orleans Baptist Seminary, Prof. W.F. Warren). Awarded 2007.