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Texts and Transmission

Texts and Transmission. Two Objections Claiming the Bible Was Distorted. James Patrick Holding http://www.tektonics.org. Objections Answered, Rogues Refuted. The World According to Bart. BACAW!. Two Major Objections. To the Reliability of the Copying of the New Testament.

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Texts and Transmission

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  1. Texts and Transmission Two Objections Claiming the Bible Was Distorted James Patrick Holding http://www.tektonics.org Objections Answered, Rogues Refuted

  2. The World According to Bart BACAW!

  3. Two Major Objections To the Reliability of the Copying of the New Testament • “We haven’t got the originals, so we don’t know what they said.” • “There are over 400,000 mistakes in copies of the NT.”

  4. Date of Earliest Copies (Years After Written) Number of Earliest Copies 9th-10th century (1000 years) 3 Tacitus (all works) 5,000+ 2nd-4th century (150 years) New Testament

  5. 400,000 Mistakes??

  6. 400,000 Knocking Down Spelling mistakes, slips of the pen = 70%

  7. Types of Manuscript Errors Spelling errors. “That hat is too bug for my head.”

  8. 400,000 Knocking Down Spelling mistakes, slips of the pen = 70% Use of synonyms or other word use switches = 20%

  9. Types of Manuscript Errors Spelling errors. “That hat is too bug for my head.” Word Use Errors. “Fred loves Wilma.” “Wilma loves Fred.”

  10. 400,000 Knocking Down = 9% Important, but not likely

  11. Types of Manuscript Errors Important but not likely. “The Gospel of ____” Significant Errors or Changes. 1 Thess. 2:7 Mark 16:9-20

  12. 400,000 Knocking Down = 9% Important, but not likely = 1% Significant 4,000 Total significant copying errors:

  13. Types of Manuscript Errors Important but not likely. “The Gospel of ____” Significant Errors or Changes. 1 Thess. 2:7 Mark 16:9-20

  14. The World According to Bart BACAW!

  15. IS THIS REALLY SO DIFFICULT? Lastnightatdinnerisawabundanceonthetable BACAW! therewerebreadsandmeatsandcheeseseverywhere unclehenrytriedtostabotwithhisforkwhileitdidthewatusi

  16. Bart in the Batter’s Box Mark 1:41: The angry Jesus Matt. 24:36 The Ignorant Jesus 1 John 5:7 The Trinity Text

  17. Conclusion: A Reliable Witness For further reading: http://www.tektonics.org/ntdocdef/gospdefhub.html http://www.tektonics.org/ntdocdef/orality01.html http://www.tektonics.org/lp/nttextcrit.html

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