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19-551: The museum was founded as a department of the Institute for New Testament Textual Research by Kurt Aland and was opened with a ceremonial act on 8 March 1979 in the presence of Federal President Walter Scheel . It was the first and only Bible museum worldwide at that time. In 1983, Barbara Aland became its director and she was followed in October 2004 by Holger Strutwolf. The museum exhibits include: The basis of its holdings

38-690: A focus on the Christian Orient, at the Protestant Theological Faculty there in 1980. In 1983, she became director of the Institute for New Testament Textual Research , founded in 1959 by her husband, Kurt Aland , as well as of the associated Bible Museum Münster . The institute gained worldwide significance through its publication of the Novum Testamentum Graece , known as the Nestle–Aland, and

57-581: A founding member of the Academia Platonica Septima Monasteriensis, which focuses not only on the works of Plato but also on the writings of his early interpreters, spanning from ancient times to the Renaissance. The academy's goal is to promote the study of Platonist writings. Aland achieved the following honorary doctoral degrees : She received following awards: Dissertation Monographs Editions of

76-686: Is a private collection. Some parts of the older holdings of the Institute of New Testament Textual Research were added. Over the years the collection was expanded further with significant exhibits; it is augmented by changing items on loan from a private manuscript collector from Norway. In April 2010, the Bible Museum in Germany received the largest private collection of Bibles from collector Walter Remy. This classical language Bible collection includes 379 Latin, Greek and 16 200 multilingual Bibles from

95-594: The Novum Testamentum Graece . Minuscules: 676 , 798 , 1432 , 2444 , 2445 , 2446 , 2460 , 2754 , 2755 , 2756 , 2793 ; Lectionaries: ℓ 1681 , ℓ 1682 , ℓ 1683 , ℓ 1684 (lower script Uncial 0233 ), ℓ 1685 , ℓ 1686 , ℓ 2005 , ℓ 2137 , ℓ 2208 , and ℓ 2276 . 51°57′40″N 7°37′25″E  /  51.96111°N 7.62361°E  / 51.96111; 7.62361 Barbara Aland Barbara Aland (née Ehlers , 12 April 1937 – 10 November 2024)

114-611: The Novum Testamentum Graece and the Greek New Testament. These editions, published by the institute in Münster, serve as foundational texts for education and research worldwide. In 1997, she published the first installments of the Editio Critica Maior . This edition was the first to be based on the complete tradition of Greek manuscripts, patristic citations, and ancient versions. In 1999, she became

133-914: The Socratic Aeschines ) in 1964 in Frankfurt. In 1969, she earned her licentiate from the Oriental faculty of the Pontificio Istituto Biblico in Rome. In 1972, she completed her habilitation in Göttingen on the Syrian Gnostic Bardesanes of Edessa . From 1972, she worked as a lecturer at the University of Münster . She was appointed professor of Church History and New Testament research, with

152-672: The University of Münster , Westphalia , Germany , 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; furthermore the preparation of an Editio Critica Maior based on the entire tradition of the New Testament in Greek manuscripts, early versions and New Testament quotations in ancient Christian literature. Under Kurt Aland 's supervision,

171-530: The 16th to the 18th century. Since the Bible Museum is part of the Institute for New Testament Textual Research (INTF) which holds some original manuscripts of the New Testament, those manuscripts can be seen in the Bible Museum in Münster. 51°57′40″N 7°37′24″E  /  51.9612°N 7.6234°E  / 51.9612; 7.6234 Institute for New Testament Textual Research The Institute for New Testament Textual Research ( German : Institut für neutestamentliche Textforschung — INTF) at

190-476: The 26th edition of Nestle–Aland and the third edition of the Greek New Testament. Both editions contain the identical text while differing in their apparatus. However, the main objective of the Institute was the so-called Editio Critica Maior based on the entire tradition of the New Testament in Greek manuscripts , old translations and New Testament quotations in ancient Christian literature. The prerequisite for

209-558: The INTF collected almost the entire material that was needed. The manuscript count in 1950 was 4250, in 1983, 5460, and in 2017 approximately 5800 manuscripts. Moreover, INTF produces several more editions and a variety of tools for New Testament scholarship, including the concise editions known as the "Nestle–Aland" – Novum Testamentum Graece and the UBS Greek New Testament. Many of the results are also available to

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228-423: The INTF the concise scholarly edition saw further revisions and publications, until it became the trademark of the institute under the name of "Nestle-Aland" – Novum Testamentum Graece . In 1966, a second concise edition intended for translators, the Greek New Testament, was published. The great papyri discoveries of the 20th century were of special relevance for a new reconstruction of the text published in both

247-646: The North Rhine-Westphalian Academy of Sciences and Arts accepted the Editio Critica Maior as one of their projects. In the following year the project was established at Münster University as Novum Testamentum Graecum – Editio Critica Maior . The INTF also holds some manuscripts of the New Testament, and took responsibility for registering the New Testament manuscripts (named the Gregory–Aland numbers), and for editing

266-711: The UBS Greek New Testament. Until her retirement, Aland also directed the Hermann Kunst-Stiftung  [ de ] to promote New Testament research. She retired in 2002 but continued to head the institute until 2004. Aland died on 10 November 2024, at the age of 87. Aland gained an international profile through her work on the Novum Testamentum Graece and the Greek New Testament, which she conducted with her husband, Kurt Aland . Together, they collaborated extensively with an international and interfaith group of theologians to update

285-618: The latter established the Hermann Kunst Foundation for the Promotion of New Testament Textual Research which has granted crucial financial support to the Institute ever since. In 1979, Kurt Aland founded the Bible Museum Münster that presents the work of the institute to the general public. In 1983, Barbara Aland succeeded her husband as director of the institute. Under her supervision, the analysis of

304-476: The material that had been started under Kurt Aland continued and was made accessible for research in numerous publications. The first supplement of the Editio Critica Maior with the Epistle of James was finally published in 1997. Barbara Aland led the institute until 2004. Since October 2004 Holger Strutwolf  [ de ] has been in office as director of the institute and the Bible Museum. In 2007

323-581: The realisation of this task was the sifting and examination of the entire manuscript tradition of the Greek New Testament. Under the supervision of Kurt Aland the INTF first of all collected almost the entire material (partly on extensive manuscript travels), followed by analyses in single editions and specific studies in preparation of the Editio Critia Maior . Kurt Aland found a friend and patron in Bishop Hermann Kunst. In 1964

342-690: The wider public at the adjoining Bible Museum , which is affiliated with the institute. First supplements of the Editio Critica Maior with the Catholic epistles and the Acts of the Apostles have been published since 1997. The INTF was founded in Münster , Germany, in 1959 by Kurt Aland (1915–1994). Since the 1950s Aland had been working on Eberhard and Erwin Nestle 's Novum Testamentum Graece . At

361-656: Was a German theologian and professor of New Testament Research and Church History at the University of Münster until 2002. She was internationally recognized for her work on the Novum Testamentum Graece and the Greek New Testament, which she undertook with her husband, Kurt Aland . Barbara Ehlers was born in Hamburg on 12 April 1937. After completing her degree in Theology and Classical Philology in Frankfurt , Marburg , and Kiel , she received her Ph.D. (dissertation on

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