is the original bible available anywhere?

Question

the original manuscripts, not edited/translated

Answer 1

You can't have the original - but you can oder a copy. Look for Sinaiticus, Vaticanus, Africanus. These manuscripts are presumed to be three of the original copies of the Bible produced in the early 4th century.

Answer 2

The Bible has a really interesting history. First, the Old Testament was written in Hebrew, not Latin, not English, not Greek. Hebrew. Or the language that eventually evolved into Hebrew. Much of it (except the Pentateuch) was written by scribes. Many scribes. Then they would get together and essentially compile what they had. Some things would be edited out in order to conserve space. The ancient Jews wrote all this on scrolls, rolled them up and kept them in a sacred kind of closet. So when these writings were translated, the Hebrew did not easily translate into Latin. Nor does it translate easily into English. And the King James Version was sort of translated from a political viewpoint. So fast forward a very long time...what we call the Bible has some unintentional mistranslations, some intentional omissions (things which the original editors-the scribes-felt were extraneous) and some unintentional omissions (things which the monks and translators didn't put in).
Now when you read the Bible and question "Where was Eden?" or "How long is a day to God?" or "How did this or that miracle occur?" remember a couple of things about the original authors:
These people are Eastern, while we are Western.
The people of an Eastern mindset tell the story. They start at the beginning, tell the middle and end at the end. The people of the Western mindset, while we enjoy a good story, we want to know "How many animals actually fit in the ark?" and "How did Joshua make the sun stand still" and "How did Jesus turn water into wine, exactly?" We are much more concerned with the minutia. There is science behind the miracles. What specifically? I don't know. That is where knowledge ends and faith begins.

Answer 3

I do not know of any original existing today. However, when you consider these were hand written on what ever material was available at the time, we should not expect to find any. The 'Dead Sea Scrolls' are about 2300 years old and most are readable. It is possible that a New Testament scroll could have survived, but no one knows of one-that I am aware of. We have many manuscripts that are copies of the original that have not been altered or edited. I believe there are about 2,500 unedited New Testaments manuscripts available today.

Answer 4

There are more than 24,000 partial and complete manuscript copies of the New Testament. These manuscript copies are very ancient and they are available for inspection NOW. there are also some 86,000 quotations from the early church fathers and several thousand lectionaries (church-service books containing Scripture quotations used in the early centuries of Christianity). In fact, there are enough quotations from the early church fathers that even if we did not have a single copy of the Bible, scholars could still reconstruct all but 11 verses of the entire New Testament from material written within 150 to 200 years from the time of Christ. Bottom line: The New Testament has an overwhelming amount of evidence supporting its reliability.

Answer 5

No. no original manuscripts are in existence. The Hebrew "old Testament" has been carefully copied over the years, and we can be confident that it is basically correct. Of the "New" there are no original Hebrew texts available, so the best we have are translations of translations.

Answer 6

Here are some links to some origianl text, if you know how to read in greek or hebrew. The Blue Letter Bible has word for word translation or get a bible cd rom with a Strong's Lexicon Concordance, which has the same thing.

Answer 7

If you cannot recognise the true words of God then having the original one won't help you a scrap. If you do not know God then how will you recognise His word? The problem is that you are taught by men. It is written in the prophets, And they shall be all taught of God. Every man therefore that hath heard, and hath learned of the Father, cometh unto me. The prophets, all of whom bear witness to Christ.

Answer 8

The bible as we know it today is actually a "collection" of books and writings. As to an originals, they were scripts, hand written. I doubt few if any have survived till today.

Answer 9

Sir which bible you speak about there are many bibles in this world but sure they hide it and i knew they are wrong

Answer 10

i believe the oldest bible, hand written, in at st. catherines at the base of mount sinai. i think.