Is there any other 'holy' writing that has been preserved as well as the biblical writings?

Answer 1

No

Answer 2

But haven't "older and more reliable" manuscripts been discovered?

But haven't "older and more reliable manuscripts been discovered" since the King James Bible. Dr. Sam Gipp writes, "The fact is, that the King James translators had ALL OF THE READINGS available to them that modern critics have available to them today." (The Answer Book, Gipp, p.110) Not only that, but most of the recent discoveries support the King James Bible! And furthermore, it is a well documented fact that 85 - 90 per cent of all readings agree with the King James Bible! SO WHY ALL THE CHANGES? See Genesis 3:1.

What about the "ORIGINALS"?

Your King James Bible is attacked by preachers, some intentional and some simply out of ignorance, by "correcting" it with "THE ORIGINALS". There is one itsy-bitsy problem. THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS "THE ORIGINALS"! We don't have the "originals" Moses, or Paul, or David wrote. There are no set of "ORIGINALS" on the face of this earth! The ghost of "THE ORIGINALS" is a LIE! See John 8:44!

Preachers, by the thousands, will stand weekly in the pulpit and "correct" your King James Bible by saying, "This is an unfortunate translation" or "a better reading would be" or "this word in the 'Greek' can also be translated. . ." Friend, where is the Lord God? The One that "spoke" the worlds into existence - can He not preserve His word as He promised in Psalm 12:7 and Matthew 24:35? Did God Almighty NOT know what He was "inspiring"? Does the Lord need these "Bible correctors" to "help" Him "straighten-out" His word?

As God promised, He has preserved His word for the English people in the King James Bible. Proverbs 16:10 says, "A divine sentence is in the lips of the KING. . ." Ecclesiastes 8:4 says, "Where the word of a KING is, there is power . . ." King James. "James" is not an English word but a Hebrew word. Did you know the Hebrew word for James is Jacob! You'll never guess what Psalms 147:19 says, "He showeth His WORD unto JACOB . . ."

2 Timothy 2:9, reads, " . . . the word of God is NOT BOUND." Anybody can freely (there's that word Eve omitted in Genesis 3:2) print, distribute, and reproduce the King James Bible, without asking anybody for permission! All other translations are "bound" by © copyright laws. New American Standard, - copyright© Lockman Foundation, New International Version - copyright© New York International Bible Society, New King James Version - copyright© Thomas Nelson Publishers. Who with a brain, would seriously think the word of Almighty God is "BOUND" by copyright laws?

Answer 3

The Bible wasn't written as such. Letters have been written for the properly-known motives - to place across concepts to people in yet another locality. money owed of what people had witnessed have been written down for the properly-known motives - to keep in mind the small print, and bypass them directly to others. The Bible is quite a number of many such archives written by making use of numerous people in numerous circumstances and places. on the tip of the 4th Century the bishops of the Catholic Church accumulated mutually each and every of the writings being utilized in Catholic worship by using the known international. In prayer they discerned which of those writings ought to definitively be pronounced to be divinely inspired. They certain those seventy 3 texts right into a e book talked approximately as the Bible, meaning, in Greek, "the e book".

Answer 4

The Vedas from Hinduism. Preserved for over 5000+ years.
The Dhammapada from Buddhism.
The Tao Te Ching from Taoism
The Guru Granth Sahib from Sikhism
The Jain Sutras from Jainism
The Avesta from Zoroastrianism. Preserved for just about as long as the Vedas.

Just goes to show that people DO take care of what they consider to be holy and sacred.

Answer 5

Qur'an: was preserved through memory as well as writing and still is, and its original manuscripts are available.

Bible: on the other hand, all its original manuscripts were lost.



Qur'an: was revealed, written and is recited in its original language, which became one of the four most spoken languages in the world thanks to Qur'an.

Bible: the NT was written in Greek , a language Jesus did not speak.



Qur'an: Has one single absolute version.

Bible: Has many versions.



Qur'an: all Islamic sects have the same book.

Bible: Each sect has its own canon.



Qur'an: Is believed to be the literal word of God.

Bible: Is believed to be the word of men inspired by God (some of them didn't claim to be inspired by God, some are not even known)



Qur'an: Is constant since the death of the prophet (sas).

Bible: Changes all the time.



Qur'an: Is believed not to contain even a single error.

Bible: Contains what's called scribal errors. Which show that it was not preserved by God.

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EDIT: For those who say the bible is preserved
http://ecclesia.org/truth/m-m.html

Answer 6

Many many manuscripts. The Bhagavad Gita the Vedas and Upanishads (not sure about my spelling) are much older than the Bible and have not had the history of being revised. You need to look up Emperor Constantine and find out that the Bible was indeed revised by this pagan emperor. that isn't a guess or conjecture, it is a documented historical fact. Parts were cut out, parts were put in, and a lot was revised. Regardless of your beliefs, you should educate yourself about this occurance.

Answer 7

There are many books which have been excluded from the bible for one reason or another.

And there's the lost sea scrolls, etc

watch History Channel

Answer 8

Yup, a whole mess of 'em. Even older ones. Imagine that.

My Lord, some of these answers... Seriously, people, c'mon.

Answer 9

Yes; there are many books which were not included in the traditional bible... If you do a google search, it is quite easy to find these, or at least lists of them....

Also, the Koran.

Answer 10

Maybe the book of mormon, but that's only because it isn't very old. The Quran has been pretty well preserved, too. Neither has been preserved as well as Mormons and Muslims claim, though.

Answer 11

No, and none with copies extent from so early a period. from its original compositionand compilation