Can you buy a Bible that is the original Bible, with the exact words of God & his Disciples in it?

Question

▪ if so, how do you know, list your source.

▪ Who printed the first bible and when?

▪ How many diferent transliterations have been published since?

▪ Who published the old testement? How many years before Jesus was born?

▪ Does the New Testement ever refer or relate to the Old Testement?


If you can answer all these, tell me your religion.

Answer 1

+ Can you buy a Bible that is the original Bible, with the exact words of God & his Disciples in it?

No. Most of the Jewish Scriptures (Old Testament) were handed down by word of mouth for hundreds of years. They were finally written down on scrolls and preserved in written form.

The Christian Scriptures (New Testament) were written mostly in Greek with a few Aramaic words. Although Jesus probably could speak Greek because he spent his early childhood in Egypt, it is assumed by most that he preached in Aramaic, the language of Israel at the time. So almost all His Aramaic words were translated into Greek by the writers of the Gospels.

Some of the Epistles (Letters) were originally written in Greek and are probably the actual words of the disciples who wrote them.

However, Christians believe the writers of the Bible were inspired by God and that the message of the Bible is true.

+ Who printed the first Bible and when?

The Old Testament had been copied and recopied for hundreds of years until the time of Christ. Then the New Testament was added and both were copies and recopied for about 1,500 years until the invention of the printing press.

+ How many different translations have been published since?

There have been thousands of Bible translations into almost every language on Earth.

There have been hundreds of different translations into just English by people with very different approaches and levels of scholarship.

+ Who published the Old Testament? How many years before Jesus was born?

Portions of the Old Testament were assembled by the Jews hundreds of years before Christ was born. No one knows the first date. The Old Testament writings were added to up until about one hundred years before the birth of Jesus Christ.

+ Does the New Testament ever refer or relate to the Old Testament?

Yes, all over the place. One example, while on the cross Jesus says, "My God, my God, why have you abandoned me." This is actually the first line of Psalm 22. It is kind of like one of us saying, "Our Father, who art in heaven."

+ I am a Catholic.

With love in Christ.

Answer 2

The most exact form of the Bible would be the original manuscripts, however they are lost, and even if they existed you would have to know how to read Hebrew and Greek in order to read them. However there are several accurate, reliable translations available which were translated by linguistic experts, from very early Hebrew and Greek texts, though not the originals.

The first printed Bible was made in the 16th Century by the Catholic inventor of the printing press, Johannes Guttenberg. The Bible was the first complete text he printed. However, many large, beautifully hand-lettered Bibles were available before that time, mainly the work of Catholic monks in monasteries.

Close to a hundred different translations have been made, but only about twenty of them ever gained any prominence.

The Old Testament texts were identified by the Jewish people long before the birth of Christ. When the Catholic Church finalized the Canon of Scripture at the end of the 4th Century, they included the entire Hebrew Scriptures (Old Testament) just as it was defined by the Jews. But if by "published" you mean actual printing, then the Bible printed by Guttenberg was the first machine printed version of both the Old and New Testaments.

The New Testament frequently refers to the Old Testament. Jesus Himself often quoted from the Old Testament in His teaching. And events in the New Testament fulfilled prophecies written centuries earlier in the Old Testament.

I'm Catholic.

Pax vobis.

Answer 3

No, you cannot buy an original Bible with the exact words of God and his Disciples. I know because I have been following this question for forty years. Frequently, new and improved, or so-called more true to the Koine and Aramaic fragments are produced, and some even use Coptic texts to support their academic efforts.

The Tanakh, is the Jewish writing which corresponds to the Christian Old Testament, although order and numbering are different. The Tanakh was written partly in Biblical Hebrew, and partly in Aramaic. The Septuagint was created between the 3d and 1st century BCE, written in Koine Greek, partly to standardize text and usage. It had 24 books, but Christianity breaks them down into 39 and changes the order.

(Edit for clarification: The Tanakh had 24 books. The Septuagint had many more. There is some dispute whether the Septuagint had 70, 72 or 100 books)

Some books of the Septuagint have not been included in the Christian Bible, although some are included in Christian Bibles which include the Apocrypha. Apocrypha is not limited to the Catholic Church bibles, but is rarely included in most Protestant Bibles.

There was an old version called the Codex Sinaiticus, but it was written and bound into a Codex, which resembles a modern book, rather than a scroll or tablet.

St Jerome is credited with the Vulgate(common Latin) Bible around 400 CE, which added the 27 books of the New Testament.

Johan Gutenberg first printed a copy of the Latin Vulgate, after he invented the printing press. The first print run began in February 1455. Erasmus Desiderius had the first Greek Bible published by Froben press in 1516. Miles Coverdale had the first English text bible printed around 1537. The Tyndale Bible was printed in English shortly before 1535, when he was burnt at the stake for heresy. He was heavily influenced by Erasmus. His most famous error was to translate the tetragrammatron YHVH in what is now Jehovah, which was not the name of God, but a symbol referring to God. The Geneva Bible, published around 1560, is sometimes called the Breeches Bible, because due to sensitivities, he had Adam and Eve sew breeches(pants) rather than coverings of leaves(fig leaves are very itchy).. This was the Bible is usage at the time of Shakespeare, which raises a plethora of questions I cannot address here.

The King James Bible was commissioned by King James to be the standard Bible of the Anglican Church. Shakespeare, or at least some of his contemporaries were involved in the production of the editorial board. You will probably never find an original 1611 edition of the King James Bible. Two are rumored to exist. It has been revised several times since 1611, most recently 1763 or 1769, depending on the source. The later versions are the ones that usually have KJV 1611 on them somewhere, and rarely indicate they have been significantly edited since, except in the fine print.

Hundreds of translations and transliterations have been published since the 15th century, when Gutenberg "printed" the first Bible. I am not sure anyone knows.


Well the Septuagint was written a couple of centuries before Christ, but the Tanakh is much older.

The New Testament frequently refers directly and indirectly to the New Testament, most notably in the words, actions, and omissions of Jesus.

Well, consistent with an incomplete answer, I am an unaffiliated Christian, raised Southern Baptist, Ordained in the Universal Life Church and Abundant Life Ministeries(of which I have the autoresponder emails for proof) and another more mainstream church I do not wish to offend by my personal shortcomings.


Addendum: The Nag Hammadi texts, which include among others, the Gospel of Thomas, are not canon, and their provenance is not fully established. However, I will give credit to Gospel of Thomas, because it appears to be similar to the missing "Q" quelle, German for source, document. The dating methods for Nag Hammadia have not been established to predate the fragments and other sources the Bible consists of.


I kind of wish imacatholic2 would catch this question. That poster appears to be very knowledgeable, and I have a great deal of respect for his scholarship and presentation. I say his, because sometimes he uses a plus sign in his signature line, and that usually refers to a Bishop. He would also shed more light onto the Codex Sinaiticus, Vulgate, Douay-Reims, and I think it is called New Jerusalem Bible now, but I could be wrong. I also remember that 5 years ago The RCC announced they would be releasing a new edition, which led to much unfounded speculation that it would recognize some value to the DSS, and some even thought it might acknowledge Nag Hammadi texts, but I really wouldn't expect any recognition of NH at this time. However, the Nativity of Mary sheds light to non-Catholics to the true meaning of Immaculate Conception. The Nativity of Jesus will probably never be canon.

Answer 4

I am an atheist.

The "bible" as we know it was not officially invented until 397 CE at the Council of Carthage.

The oldest known bible to exist is the Codex Sinaiticus and it bears little or no resemblance to anything anyone calls a bible today. It's creation date was in the middle of the 4th Century, date uncertain.

The bible was invented by the Roman Empire, not Jesus.


The first "printed" (on a printing press) bible is the Gutenberg bible printed in the 15th Century.

Answer 5

Too many questions. the "Bible" is a collection of documents written in many languages, Greek, Aramaic, Hebrew, Latin. Most of the New Testament was written in Greek by Paul, who was a Greek.
Learn Greek and Hebrew and that will cover most of it.

The Bible was determined by various Councils of the early church. Many parts were left out, like the Gosples of Thomas, Mary Magdelene and others.

Answer 6

You see, the bible was invented by people to suit their own needs. It is a fairy tale of sorts.
So waste your time searching for some fairy tale story. Why is it a fairy tale and not the words of GOD? because within the christian and catholic faith themselves there are countless versions of the bible to suit each and every whims and fancies of the founders of the individual sect.
The catholics have their copy, the jehovah's have another, the mormon's another so on so forth.
my advice dont be stupid in searching for a stupid fairy tale book.
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Answer 7

Hell no.