From the Scriptures to the Cross
The resurrection of Jesus from the grave at Easter is seen by Christians as part of a larger divine plan that is already laid out in the Old Testament. There are numerous references to overcoming death and the hope of an afterlife. This is why the Bible Museum's Easter exhibition ‘From the Scriptures to the Cross: Prophecy and its Interpretation at Easter’ sheds light on the continuities between the Old and New Testaments. The Easter exhibition can be seen from 20 March to 7 June, Tuesdays to Sundays from 10 am to 6 pm. Admission is free of charge.
Reception hosted by the Federal President
The Federal President received the Board of Trustees of the Hermann Kunst-Stiftung at Bellevue Palace in Berlin yesterday (Monday, 17 February). Frank-Walter Steinmeier is Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Hermann Kunst-Stiftung, which supports the work of the Institute for New Testament Textual Research (INTF). Prof Holger Strutwolf, Director of the INTF at the University of Münster and Managing Director of the Hermann Kunst Foundation, was represented from Münster. Prof Strutwolf was accompanied by Dean Prof Arnulf von Scheliha (member of the Board of Trustees) and Dr Jan Graefe, curator of the INTF-affiliated Bible Museum.
The Institute for New Testament Textual Research (Institut für Neutestamentliche Textforschung, INTF)
Our central task is to research the textual history of the New Testament and to reconstruct its Greek initial text on the basis of the entire manuscript tradition, the early translations and patristic citations. Foremost among the results of this research is the ongoing publication of the Editio Critica Maior, which has been accepted by the North Rhine-Westphalian Academy of Sciences and Arts as one of their long-term research projects in 2007. Moreover, INTF produces several more editions and a variety of tools for New Testament scholarship, including the concise editions known as the Nestle-Aland and the UBS Greek New Testament. Many of the results of our work are also available to the wider public at the adjoining Bible Museum, which is affiliated with the institute.