I have been studying some things about the Bible and am so excited I had to holler... Check this out:Classical Literature used in many schools today include the works of Aristotle, Homer, and Plato. Let's take a look at the accuracy of these works. Aristotle- Written = 340BC Oldest surviving copy = 1100AD Difference = 1,450 YEARS Homer- Written = 800BC Oldest surviving copy = 1800BC Difference = 1,000 YEARS Plato- Written = 360BC Oldest surviving copy = 800AD Difference = 1,160 YEARS The accuracy of these works are rarely questioned, however the accuracy of the Bible is questioned frequently, so let's compare....Bible:New Testament- Written = 50-70AD Oldest surviving copy = 110AD Difference = 40-60 YEARS!!!!! Old Testament- Written = 600-700BC Oldest surviving copy = 200BC Difference = 400-500 YEARS!!!!*The oldest surviving copy of the New Testament is the 'Papyrus 52" document.**The oldest surviving copies of the Old Testament are the Dead Sea Scrolls.When these texts were compared to our current translations (Greek for the New Testament and Hebrew for the Old Testament) there was an accuracy of 99% found
One last fact: If all the Bibles were burned for some reason today, we could reconstruct the entire text by using quotations from ancient writers throughout history. The Bible has been quoted by such writer's over 80,000 times! It is safe to say that the Bible is will be here FOREVER!!!
2 comments:
I didn't know any of that stuff and I never have thought of the idea that we never question the work of those men. Crazy how the opposition works tirelessly to tear down the truth of Jesus. Glad you shared this.
Wonderful presentation on the overwhelming existence of Biblical transcripts. One note that I wanted to add real quick. When the Dead Sea documents were compared to our translations you stated that they were found to be 99% accurate which is correct. I just wanted to note that the only differences were in punctuation not content. Therefore the content was 100% accurate. Awesome.
-TEvans
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