Open Data
The tables behind the books
The data behind the True Testament and our books, free to download, check and cite. Every file comes as a CSV that opens in Excel and as JSON for software, with a guide to its columns.
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Every verse, everywhere
For each True Testament verse, every place in the Library's data that cites it: Tertullian's chapters, Epiphanius's scholia, the lexicon, the scripture indexes and the rest
Scripture
The True Testament itself
- The True Testament
Verses
Every verse with its Luke or Paul reference, the English and the Greek, whether it is attested or probable, and the early writers who quote it · 1,507 verses
- The True Testament
Commentary
The verse notes, each keyed to the verse it comments on, with its cross references · 520 notes
- The True Testament
What the scholars decided
Each edition's call on every verse of Luke and the ten letters, from Hahn in 1823 to the modern reconstructions, with page numbers for Ritschl, Baur and Hilgenfeld · One row per verse, one column per edition
Replies
Our answers to the church's critics, passage by passage
- Against Epiphanius
The 118 scholia
Each of Epiphanius's extracts from Marcion's Gospel and Apostolikon: Holl's pages, the Greek and our English, the Luke or Paul reference and the True Testament verse, Epiphanius's charge and our answer · 118 scholia
- Against Tertullian
Against Marcion, section by section
All five books of Tertullian's Against Marcion in Latin with our English, and the True Testament verses each chapter is cited for · 1,191 sections
- Against Calvin
Institutes passages answered
Each passage of Calvin's Institutes the reply cites, his words where the book quotes them, the chapter that answers it, and the True Testament verses that chapter cites · 1,013 rows, 706 passages
- Against Zarathustra
Speeches answered
Each speech of Thus Spoke Zarathustra the reply cites, Nietzsche's words where the book quotes them, the chapter that answers it, and the True Testament verses that chapter cites · 294 rows, 82 speeches
Translations
The reconstructions and studies we brought into English
- Adolf von Harnack’s Reconstructed Marcionite New Testament
Harnack's text, verse by verse
The Greek of Harnack's 1924 reconstruction for the Evangelion and the ten letters, with the matching True Testament verse
- Marcion’s New Testament (Zahn)
Zahn's text, verse by verse
The Greek of Zahn's 1892 reconstruction for the Evangelion and the ten letters, with the matching True Testament verse
- The Gospel of Marcion and the Canonical Gospel of Luke
Ritschl's decisions
Every verse Ritschl rules on, whether Marcion had it, altered it or struck it, with his page
- Marcion and the Gospel of Luke
Baur's decisions
Every verse Baur rules on, whether Marcion had it, altered it or struck it, with his page
- Marcion’s Apostolikon
Hilgenfeld on the Apostolikon
Every verse of the ten letters Hilgenfeld rules on in 1855, with his page
- Marcion’s Galatians
Hilgenfeld on Galatians
Every verse of Galatians Hilgenfeld rules on in his 1852 study, with his page
- New Studies on Marcion
Readings Harnack discussed
Each place Harnack discusses a verse of Marcion's Gospel or Apostolikon in 1923: the reading, his view in his own words, and the page · 46 readings
- Did Marcion Falsify the Gospel?
Passages argued over
Each passage of the Gospel that Semler, Wegener and Löffler, and Schmidt argue over, what each says in his own words, and the page · 116 passages
- The Lost Marcionite Book of Carthage
The recovered fragments
Each fragment of the lost book recovered from Augustine's reply: where Augustine gives it, whether verbatim, reported or reconstructed, the Latin and our English, and Harnack's page · 111 fragments
Theology and history
Our own books
- The History of Marcionite Reconstruction
Every reconstruction
Each reconstruction or study of Marcion's Gospel and Apostolikon from Simon in 1689 on: who made it, when, what it covers, its method and its view of which text came first · 86 reconstructions
- Key Words of Our Faith
The lexicon
Each of the sixteen key words: its Greek, its part of the book, its meaning in the book's own words, and the True Testament verses it rests on · 16 terms
- The Marcionite Centuries
Timeline
Dated events, people and assemblies from Marcion to Theodoret: the date, the place, who, what happened, and the ancient source · 41 entries
- Christ Without Bloodline
Scripture index
Every True Testament passage the book cites, the chapter it appears in, and how often · 45 rows
- Perishing
Scripture index
Every True Testament passage the book cites, the chapter it appears in, and how often · 287 rows
- Aeonic Dispensationalism
Scripture index
Every True Testament passage the book cites, the chapter it appears in, and how often · 51 rows
- Beyond the Rupture
Scripture index
Every True Testament passage the book cites, the chapter it appears in, and how often · 236 rows
- May I Ask?
Scripture index
Every True Testament passage the book cites, the chapter it appears in, and how often · 19 rows
How to cite
How to cite
Muenchow, W. C., IV. True Testament: Open Data. True Testament Assembly, 2026. truetestament.org/research/data
English text, notes and tables by W. C. Muenchow IV, under CC BY 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0). Greek, Latin and German sources are public domain.
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Use and rights
English text, notes and tables by W. C. Muenchow IV, under CC BY 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0). Greek, Latin and German sources are public domain. You may share and adapt the files for any purpose, including commercial work, as long as you credit the source. The files are rebuilt from the live text, so they always match the current release.
