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John Meade

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John Meade

@drjohnmeade

OT Prof @MBTS | Editor @ hexapla.org | Codirector @TextandCanon | Contributor @EvangelicalTC | Author @ amzn.to/3Hjk5wW

Kansas City, MO

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Joined May 2016

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John Meade
@drjohnmeade
Jun 4, 2024
✅ Hike Grand Canyon Rim to Rim Last year, I went below the Rim for the first time both hiking and rafting. This year, I prepped and completed my first R2R with some great friends. ~26 miles ~10,000 feet of elevation change (~5000 ft of gain) -Amazing views
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John Meade
@drjohnmeade
Jul 24, 2025
This is still one of my favorite works on the history of baptism. Many are usually surprised to learn about Everett Ferguson’s conclusions… -->
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John Meade
@drjohnmeade
Feb 10, 2025
Here we go again. 1st, calling the books Tobit, Judith, Baruch, Wisdom, Sirach, 1 Esdras, 1-2 Maccabees "lost" is a misnomer. Jews wrote these books in the Second Temple period but didn't receive them into their canon, while Xians read them early and disagreed over acceptance.
Nick Di Fabio
@NickDiFabio1
Feb 10, 2025
They removed 14 books from your Bible in 1684. The Lost Books of the Apocrypha. Most Christians don't even know they existed... But religious leaders fought to keep them hidden. Here's the shocking truth about the forbidden books they didn't want you to read:
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The Apocrypha is not lost, the books you speak of are in the Catholic Bible, they were canonized by the Council of Trent in 1546. Check the links below or the Catholic Bible by looking it up on line. vatican.va/archive/ENG083… newadvent.org/cathen/01601a.… bible.usccb.org/bible
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John Meade
@drjohnmeade
Feb 17, 2025
Last week, @WesleyLHuff and I discussed the Great Isaiah Scroll over on his channel. Here, I want to amplify the point in the video about the textual problem in Isa 2:9b-10, which has garnered so much attention in the last month and a half. ->
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John Meade
@drjohnmeade
Oct 8, 2025
My chapter (and others) on “The Formation of the Christian Canon” in the forthcoming @OUPAcademic Handbook of Textual Criticism of the Bible can be freely read on Google Books. I hope it’s useful to you. books.google.com/books?id=UW6KE…
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John Meade
@drjohnmeade
Feb 3, 2022
We've got a cover! @pjgurry and I are pleased to announce that our new book, Scribes & Scripture, will be published with @crossway in October. Thanks to @between2worlds and team for making it happen! @TextandCanon
John Meade
@drjohnmeade
Jun 27, 2025
D.A. Carson on why some are not happy with Job's repentance at the end of the book: they want to be God.
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John Meade
@drjohnmeade
Jan 13, 2025
Since Wes Huff's brilliant conversation with @joerogan went live, there has been a lot of discussion about something as seemingly arcane as the Great Isaiah Scroll (GIS) from Qumran. In Scribes & Scripture (@crossway), we mention this scroll several times...-->
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John Meade
@drjohnmeade
Oct 19, 2023
GIVEAWAY! To celebrate one year of Scribes & Scripture, I'm giving away 2 copies! RT + Like this post to enter to win! I'll announce the winners on Friday!
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John Meade
@drjohnmeade
Jan 28, 2025
I can understand takes on the book of Enoch like these, but Nick's first premise that the book was "banned from the Bible" and "kept hidden from the public" is incorrect. 1. Was Enoch ever in the Bible? No early Christian Canon List has Enoch among the canonical books.->
Nick Di Fabio
@NickDiFabio1
Jan 27, 2025
This ancient book is so controversial that it was banned from the Bible: The Book Of Enoch. For centuries, religious leaders kept it hidden from the public... Why? The secrets inside challenged everything they taught. Here's the fascinating truth behind the Book of Enoch:
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John Meade
@drjohnmeade
Jan 27, 2025
Life update: the Meades are moving to Kansas City! This fall, I begin serving @MBTS as Prof of Old Testament. I'll be teaching Old Testament and Hebrew, supervising doctoral students, and researching the history of the Bible.
Midwestern Seminary
@MBTS
Jan 27, 2025
We're thrilled to announce two new additions to our faculty! John D. Meade and Peter J. Gurry - renowned scholars in textual criticism and the history of the Bible - are joining us in Kansas City to train the next generation of pastors and scholars for the Church. Read the full
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John Meade
@drjohnmeade
Nov 8, 2025
Close. Christ is the True Israel, and membership in this Israel/Church/People is dependent on faith-union in Him.
James Baird
@james_d_baird
Nov 8, 2025
Israel was the Old Testament Church the Church is the New Testament Israel
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John Meade
@drjohnmeade
Sep 3, 2025
Full office is not quite ready to show, but 1st edition of Field’s edition of Origen’s Hexapla has found its new home.
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John Meade
@drjohnmeade
Jul 26, 2025
In case the point somehow gets lost, in my view, the historical argument for credobaptism is secondary. I don’t hold to credobaptism because of its early history. Chiefly, IMO, the Bible’s narrative arc, developed by the covenants along the axis of redemptive history, 1/
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