How We Got the Bible 3: scribes, manuscripts

Here is the next lesson on the history of the Bible.

Today we covered a few things:

Key word: How (we got our Bible)
Scribes
Manuscripts
General Rules of Text Criticism
Some text issues

Downloads:

History of the Bible 2 — Manuscripts (PowerPoint)
History of the Bible 2 — Manuscripts (PDF)
History of the Bible 2 — Manuscripts (handout–PDF)

Like before, if you decide to print the PowerPoint, please note it will take a lot of ink!  The handout won’t have so much ink as it doesn’t have images.

* Many of you may not have heard this material before.  Please remember that it is very important that our faith should not be troubled.  Rather, it should strengthen our faith to know the Bible has such an outstanding and strong number of manuscripts.

Links

Here are a few links related to our discussion for further studying and browsing:

Aleppo Codex
The Great Isaiah Scroll (DSS)
Greek NT Papyri list
Codex Sinaiticus