The reliability of biblical texts is largely attributed to ancient scribes' careful copying practices, ensuring accurate transmission through centuries.
Is It Reasonable to Trust How Ancient Scribes Preserved the Word of God?
How Did the Bible Come Down to Us?
Explore the journey of how the Bible reached us today. Learn about the historical processes behind its compilation.
What Do We Know About the History of the Text of the Greek New Testament?
We have textual traditions, or families of texts, which grew up in a certain region. For example, we have the Alexandrian text-type, which Westcott and Hort called the Neutral text that came from Egypt. Then, there is the Western text-type, which came from Italy and Gaul as well as North Africa and elsewhere. There was also the Caesarean text-type, which came from Caesarea and is characterized by a mixture of Western and Alexandrian readings. The Byzantine text-type, also called the Majority Text, came from Constantinople (i.e., Byzantium).
BIBLE TRANSLATIONS: How the Bible Has Come Down to Us
The Bible has been translated into many languages from the biblical languages of Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek. As of September 2020, the full Bible has been translated into 704 languages, the New Testament has been translated into an additional 1,551 languages and Bible portions or stories into 1,160 other languages. How did the Bible come down to us? Can it be trusted?
William Tyndale’s English Bible for the Plow boy
The importance of the Tyndale Bible in shaping and influencing the English language cannot be overstated. According to one writer, Tyndale is "the man who more than Shakespeare even or Bunyan has molded and enriched our language."
