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  2. Oct 25, 2023 · Popular Versions of the Bible. There are over 450 known versions of the Bible in English alone. Here are some of the most recognized versions: King James Version (KJV) New International...

    • Kathleen Mulhern
    • Reliability of The New Testament as Historical Documents
    • Quotations from Early Church Fathers
    • Primary Source Value
    • Reliability of The Old Testament
    "Astounding" number of ancient manuscripts extant: 5,000 Greek manuscripts, 10,000 Latin and 9,000 other--totaling over 24,000 manuscript copies or portions of the New Testament. These are dated fr...
    Early fragments: John Ryland manuscript 130 A.D. in Egypt; Bodmer manuscript containing most of John's gospel 150-200 A.D.; Magdalen fragment from Mat. 26believed by some to be within a few years o...
    Comparison with other ancient documents (available copies versus the originals):
    Clement of Rome (a disciple of the apostles) cited Matthew, John, and 1 Corinthians in 95 to 97 A.D. Ignatius (who knew the apostles well) referred to six Pauline Epistles in about 110. Polycarp (d...
    Of the four Gospels alone, there are 19,368 citations by the church fathers from the late first century on. Even if we had no manuscripts, virtually the entire New Testament could be reconstructed...
    Testimony of the New Testament authors themselves: Luke 1:1-3, 3:1, John 21:24, Acts 26:24-26,  2 Peter 1:16,  1 John 1:3.
    Both liberal and conservative scholars in recent years have moved to the view that ALL of the New Testament was written prior to the destruction of Jerusalem in 70 AD. (Liberal scholar John A. T. R...
    Substantial other evidences of the New Testament being written between 40 and 60 A.D. See Baker Encyclopedia of Christian Apologetics.
    Jewish scholars performed "unbelievable" care in copying and preserving Scripture.
    The Dead Sea Scrolls discovered in 1947 are dated from the third century B.C. to the first century A.D. These manuscripts predate by 1000 years the previous oldest manuscripts. They represent every...
  3. Jun 12, 2024 · How many versions of the Bible are there? A lot! Bible Gateway has more than 200 versions — including more than 60 in English — and there are many more out there, especially when you include partial translations such as OT-only or NT-only translations and individual books from independent scholars.

    • Jacob Edson
  4. It is impossible to know exactly how many copies have been printed in the roughly 1,500 years since its contents were standardized, but research conducted by the British and Foreign Bible Society in 2021 suggests that the total number probably lies between 5 and 7 billion copies.

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    With estimated total sales of over five billion copies, the Bible is the best-selling publication of all time. It has had a profound influence both on Western culture and history and on cultures around the globe.

  6. Dec 4, 2016 · After factoring out minor spelling errors and light variations in word order, there is more than 95% agreement between all of the known manuscripts of the Bible. Of the remaining variants (0.5%) none affects any crucial element or teaching of the Christian faith.

  7. There are just under 6000 NT manuscripts, with copies of most of the NT dating from just 100 years or so after its writing. Classical sources almost always have fewer than 20 copies each and usually date from 700-1400 years after the composition of the work.

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