Fact: The Bible in its original form is the most reliable book in all of history.
How can I make such claims? Well, I'm glad you asked: There are three tests used to test the authenticity of any historical text:
The Bibliographical test: Since we do not have the original we have to ask, how reliable are the manuscripts that we have? How many different copies and versions do we have and do they agree with each other? Were they created in a relatively short time after the original?
The Internal Evidence test: First the credibility of the writer is judged by his nearness to the events being recorded? Did the writer have a relationship with those involved? Second, are there apparent inaccuracies or historical discrepancies within the documents?
The External Evidence test: compares it with other available documents and materials. Are there other historical materials that confirm or deny the testimony of the documents in question.
Once you understand these three tests, which are used to examine any piece of historical literature, you will find that the Bible we have is extremely reliable. In fact, you might be surprised to discover that researchers agree the Bible is the most accurate and reliable piece of literature in all of antiquity! In other words, the Bible is the most reliable piece of literature in all of history.
How accurate are the copies we have?
Critics often argued against the accuracy over the years, some continue… those that continue may seem very educated… maybe but definitely uninformed when it comes to the Bible.
Dead Sea Scrolls: shut the mouths of most critics of the time.
Approximately 870 separate scrolls and 15,000 fragments including:
Every book of the Old Testament except Esther
19 copies of Isaiah, 25 of Deuteronomy and 30 of Psalms
The manuscripts found matched almost exactly the Hebrew text of today’s Old Testament.
Get a picture of how incredible this is?
The scrolls were written before 150BC and Abandoned 68 AD.
They were not discovered until the 1950s, nearly 2000 years after they were written.
How can I make such claims? Well, I'm glad you asked: There are three tests used to test the authenticity of any historical text:
The Bibliographical test: Since we do not have the original we have to ask, how reliable are the manuscripts that we have? How many different copies and versions do we have and do they agree with each other? Were they created in a relatively short time after the original?
The Internal Evidence test: First the credibility of the writer is judged by his nearness to the events being recorded? Did the writer have a relationship with those involved? Second, are there apparent inaccuracies or historical discrepancies within the documents?
The External Evidence test: compares it with other available documents and materials. Are there other historical materials that confirm or deny the testimony of the documents in question.
Once you understand these three tests, which are used to examine any piece of historical literature, you will find that the Bible we have is extremely reliable. In fact, you might be surprised to discover that researchers agree the Bible is the most accurate and reliable piece of literature in all of antiquity! In other words, the Bible is the most reliable piece of literature in all of history.
How accurate are the copies we have?
Critics often argued against the accuracy over the years, some continue… those that continue may seem very educated… maybe but definitely uninformed when it comes to the Bible.
Dead Sea Scrolls: shut the mouths of most critics of the time.
Approximately 870 separate scrolls and 15,000 fragments including:
Every book of the Old Testament except Esther
19 copies of Isaiah, 25 of Deuteronomy and 30 of Psalms
The manuscripts found matched almost exactly the Hebrew text of today’s Old Testament.
Get a picture of how incredible this is?
The scrolls were written before 150BC and Abandoned 68 AD.
They were not discovered until the 1950s, nearly 2000 years after they were written.
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