What hard evidence says about What hard evidence says about: ‘The Authenticity of the Bible’

New Testament Manuscripts:

over 24300 manuscripts in existence including:

5300 Greek manuscripts

10000 Latin early manuscripts

Comparable Manuscripts:

Text Date Earliest Time Known Written Copy Span Copies

Homer’s Illiad 900 BC 400 BC 500 yrs 643

Caesar 100-44 BC 900 AD 1000 yrs 10

Plato 427-347 BC 900 AD 1200 yrs 7

Aristotle 384-322 BC 100 AD 1400 yrs 49

Bible (NT) 40-100 AD 125 AD 25 yrs 24300

Bible (OT) 400 BC 900 AD 1300 yrs prior to 1947

Bible (OT) 400 BC 125 BC 275 yrs after 1947

NOTE: reliability of Bible is greater than any other book of antiquity

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