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Old 07-08-2009, 08:38 AM
 
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Many different manuscripts are compared to come up with the original text.

No other work in antiquity comes anywhere close to being as dependable as the texts of the Bible that we have.

This was written in the 4th century. We have manuscripts dating from the 120's.
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Old 07-08-2009, 09:22 AM
 
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This was written in the 4th century. We have manuscripts dating from the 120's.
And those are the ones, word for word, that make up the contemporary Bible, without exception, error, addition or omission?

Is this codex thing just some poseur knockoff?
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Old 07-08-2009, 09:35 AM
 
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And those are the ones, word for word, that make up the contemporary Bible, without exception, error, addition or omission?

Is this codex thing just some poseur knockoff?

Our current translations are based off of those manuscripts, yes. I don't know what manuscripts this one was based off of, so I can't comment on its dependability. I was merely answering the question about it being the "oldest". We do have older texts.
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Old 07-08-2009, 10:21 AM
 
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Ok, I started to read the article in the OP. The topic amuses me.

I stumble into the first few lines and I get this.

Originally more than 1,460 pages long and measuring 16in by 14in, it was written by a number of hands around the time of Constantine the Great.

Did someone pump nitrous oxide on me?

Yeah, right. Oldest Bible. Throw in the traditors, donatists, gnostics, "Christers", you get pot pourri. There's an even more caustic version in the East.

So who shagged the Etruscan cattle girl? MrConstantine_?
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Old 07-08-2009, 02:29 PM
 
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one has also been seeking the truth... and slowly come to the () conclusion it has nothing to do with 2012!

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