What is the oldest written record of the Bible? let us begin this answer
by stating that there are no original mansuscripts( called autographs)
of any books of the Bible; all have been lost or destroyed. All we have
are copies. Old copies, but copies nonetheless. Up until the discovery
of the Dead Sea Scrolls in 1947, the oldest Old Testament manuscript was
dated from around the year A.D. 900. The Dead Sea Scrolls have been
dated from around the time of Christ,
give or take 100 years and contain parts from every book of the Hebrew
Bible, except Esther.These scrolls include parts of many of the
deuterocanonical books (Sirach, 1 & 2 Maccabees , Judith, Wisdom,
Tobit and Baruch) as well, all in Hebrew. The oldest New Testament
manuscripts are in Greek and date from around AD 350. There are many
reasons for the destruction of early manuscripts including the facts
that they were written on papyrus or animal parchment which degrade
quickly; when pagans invaded a town, they burned the churches and church
libraries; and as namuscripts became worn, they were copied and then
then worn copy was everently destroyed. God bless. ^j^
To all my friends...May the Season of Advent fill your hearts with LOVE, JOY and PEACE!
Advent begins today!
So how do we celebrate the story of Christmas?
For me, celebrating Advent is a big part of telling the story of Christmas....See More
WHOA!!!
This Catholic Holy Day has nothing to do with the
"celebrating" Halloween. I know in my heart, Catholics have NOTHING to
do with Halloween.
I will make a VLOG about Fact about Catholics. Catholic have nothing to do with Halloween.
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