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Textual criticism
The study of manuscripts to recover what a text first said.
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Does a preserved text prove it is true? 5 answers
Accurate copying shows continuity, not truth. 5 answers on what preservation establishes for the Quran and for other scriptures.
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Quran preservation on Reddit: 5 points from the scholars’ debate
Was the Quran preserved? What Reddit’s academic Quran forum concluded, and where Muslims should agree. Read on.
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Written in Peter’s name: 5 things a Catholic Bible says about 2 Peter
The Catholic bishops’ own Bible says 2 Peter was likely written in Peter’s name by a later author. 5 admissions. Read them.
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Is Islam the only religion that says the Bible was altered? 8 answers
Samaritans, Justin Martyr, Celsus, Marcion and the Manichaeans all said scripture was altered before Islam. 8 answers. Read on.
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1 John 5:7: 8 facts about the verse that left the Bible
Where did the three heavenly witnesses come from, and why did they go? 8 facts from Priscillian to Erasmus and 1897. Read on.
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Sinaiticus, Vaticanus, Alexandrinus: 8 facts about the oldest Bibles
Are the oldest Bibles complete and unchanged? 8 facts on the gaps, the extra books and the 23,000 corrections. Read on.
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Kings and Chronicles: 8 points on the numbers that disagree
40,000 stalls or 4,000, Ahaziah older than his father, and who killed Goliath: 8 points on Kings and Chronicles. Read on.
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Does the Old Testament have variant readings? 8 examples
The Hebrew Bible’s own margins, the eighteen scribal corrections, the Samaritans and the Dead Sea Scrolls: 8 examples. Read on.
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The Septuagint: 7 facts about the Greek Old Testament
Does the Septuagint match the Hebrew Bible? 7 facts on its extra books, its shorter Jeremiah and the New Testament’s use of it.
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Manuscript transmission: 5 differences between the Quran and the New Testament
How the Quran and the New Testament reached us: 5 differences in transmission that decide the reliability debate. Read them.
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Did early Christians charge others with corrupting scripture? 7 points, graded
Justin on the Jews, Celsus on the Christians, and the Christians on Marcion. 7 points on who charged whom, and on what evidence. Read on.
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Which letters did Paul write? 6 facts about the 13 epistles that carry his name
Thirteen New Testament letters say they are from Paul. Critical scholars accept 7. 6 facts on how the rest were judged, and why it matters. Read them.