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The Bible was not "created" in a specific year. Its component books were written over a period of hundreds of years. The collection(s) of books mentioned above were authorized as "official" by the governing bodies in question at differing times. There are many "bibles"...

2007-06-27 12:18:38 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2 1

Can we trust the New Testament as a historical document?


Many people do not believe that the Bible is a reliable document of history. But, the fact is the Bible is very trustworthy as a historical document. If we were to look at a chart that compared the biblical documents with other ancient documents, we would see that the Bible is in a class by itself regarding the number of ancient copies and their reliability. Please consider the chart below
Author1 Date
Written Earliest Copy Approximate Time Span between original & copy Number of Copies
Accuracy of Copies
Lucretius died 55 or 53 B.C. 1100 yrs 2 ----
Pliny 61-113 A.D. 850 A.D. 750 yrs 7 ----
Plato 427-347 B.C. 900 A.D. 1200 yrs 7 ----
Demosthenes 4th Cent. B.C. 1100 A.D. 800 yrs 8 ----
Herodotus 480-425 B.C. 900 A.D. 1300 yrs 8 ----
Suetonius 75-160 A.D. 950 A.D. 800 yrs 8 ----
Thucydides 460-400 B.C. 900 A.D. 1300 yrs 8 ----
Euripides 480-406 B.C. 1100 A.D. 1300 yrs 9 ----
Aristophanes 450-385 B.C. 900 A.D. 1200 10 ----
Caesar 100-44 B.C. 900 A.D. 1000 10 ----
Livy 59 BC-AD 17 ---- ??? 20 ----
Tacitus circa 100 A.D. 1100 A.D. 1000 yrs 20 ----
Aristotle 384-322 B.C. 1100 A.D. 1400 49 ----
Sophocles 496-406 B.C. 1000 A.D 1400 yrs 193 ----
Homer (Iliad) 900 B.C. 400 B.C. 500 yrs 643 95%
New
Testament 1st Cent. A.D. (50-100 A.D. 2nd Cent. A.D.
(c. 130 A.D. f.) less than 100 years 5600 99.5%

It should be obvious that the biblical documents, especially in the New Testament documents, are superior in their quantity, time span from original occurrence, and textual reliability. The question is not into documents a reliably transmitted to us. In the question is whether or not the biblical documents record actual historical accounts.

2007-06-27 12:32:24 · answer #2 · answered by Naomi 2 · 0 1

Oh brother do you need to do some research.
What version of the bible? Which faith, LDS, Baptist, Luthern etc etc. The Torah(old testiment) was written long before Jesus. The New testement after C.E.

The Council of Nicea is where the forces of evil impregnated the book and stole our faith. Made the trinity out of thin air(which is actually impressive) 300 ish CE

Vatican II. 1970's

they keep changing it to suit their purposes.

"Many theologians and church leaders no longer accept the Bible as the infallible Word of God. They have difficulty believing that "If it is taught in the Bible, then it ought to be observed." They have doubts about the trustworthiness of the Bible.

But at the heart of all these departures is a false view of the authority of the Bible. The trustworthiness of the Bible is the foundation upon which the entire edifice of Christian truth is standing. And if this foundation falters, the whole Christian faith goes with it. "

Believing in a book is blashemy. Commandment #1.

2007-06-27 12:22:01 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1 3

Many compilations of the New Testament were established throughtout the 1st 3 centruies AD. The first official full complete Bible was established AD 382 and was authorized by Pope Damascus.

2007-06-27 12:23:55 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1 0

The Canon of Sacred Scripture, the Bible, was finalized in the Council of Carthage in 397 a.d. with 73 books! Martin Luther took out 7 books from God's Inspired word during the Prostestant reformation, but Catholics still read the same and original Bible as inspired by the Holy Spirit. God bless.

2007-06-27 12:13:15 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1 4

That's a bit like asking someone to tell you what second your car was created. What second to be exact.

Can't be done. By what criteria? When it was finished? (Not, depending on which of the many versions of it you are referring to);
When the first words were penned? (No one knows).
The word "Bible" was used several centuries before Jesus was even born.
The earliest reference to the Christian scriptures as "Ta Biblia" was 223 A.D.

The first part of the Old Testament was, according to tradition, written by Moses. Many scholars dispute this.

Your question isn't specific enough. I hope I've given you a few new lines of inquiry. Hope I catch your next question based on it.

2007-06-27 12:20:38 · answer #6 · answered by mckenziecalhoun 7 · 1 1

the first bible was created in 500 a.d.

2014-02-20 02:50:52 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

The years when Isael come out from Epgyst. Moss and Aron saw the people went to the wrong way(praying to status) He wrote the bilble as the moment. It is before Christ. He said the creator made the world. and his creator allowed him to write eye to eye, ear to ear. Until Christ come out to say let the enermy clap your both faces. He sacrified himself to let us know what is a compassion without reward.

2007-06-27 12:17:10 · answer #8 · answered by johnkamfailee 5 · 0 1

The Council of Nicea dictated what most now call the Bible in 325 c.e.

2007-06-27 12:19:00 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0 3

actually its many books put into one so it varies from the stories when they were created and wrote down and distributed.

2007-06-27 12:15:58 · answer #10 · answered by David Garcia 3 · 1 0

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