The Bible's Oldest Existing Manuscripts
Posted: Mon Jul 08, 2019 7:49 pm
Here is an excellent article for laypersons, to help them better understand the issues and challenges surrounding the dating and authentication process of the earliest, surviving Bible manuscript copies, as well as issues related to false / Gnostic gospels, fakes, dating the authentic copies, etc: https://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/20 ... -east.html
As a side note, although no known first century original manuscripts are known to have survived - this does NOT mean we can't know the original Gospels' contents with a very high level of confidence - as we CAN know what was in them - read here: https://www.namb.net/apologetics-blog/t ... the-bible/ - and especially here: https://biblearchaeologyreport.com/2019 ... nuscripts/.
The world of Biblical archaeology and scholarship is incredibly fascinating!
As a side note, although no known first century original manuscripts are known to have survived - this does NOT mean we can't know the original Gospels' contents with a very high level of confidence - as we CAN know what was in them - read here: https://www.namb.net/apologetics-blog/t ... the-bible/ - and especially here: https://biblearchaeologyreport.com/2019 ... nuscripts/.
The world of Biblical archaeology and scholarship is incredibly fascinating!