Alteration after Alterations
For almost 1,500 years, the New Testament manuscripts were copied by hand––and mistakes and intentional changes abound in the competing manuscript versions concerning the divinity of Jesus, the Trinity, and the divine origins of the Bible itself are the results of both intentional and accidental alterations by scribes (unknown writers). To assess how ignorant or theologically manipulative scribes may have changed the biblical text
The scribes left the Note in the Gospel of John.
(John 20:30-31)
Now Jesus did many other signs in the presence of the disciples, "which are not written in this book",
but "these are written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God", and that by believing you may have life in his name..
** "these are written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God",** - written by WHO??
In the absence of any original manuscripts of the books of the New Testament, how can we be sure that we're getting the intended words and meaning?
As Christianity evolved into an official religion under Roman Emperor Constantine, however, scribes often added material to existing manuscripts or altered them to provide scriptural support for Christian doctrine or to enforce specific views about Women, Jews or Pagans..
The vast majority of these are intentional or accidental errors made by scribes, and are easily identified as such: an omitted word, a duplicate line, a misspelling, a rearrangement of words.
Some variations involve apparently intentional changes, which often make more difficult a determination of whether they were corrections from better exemplars, harmonizations between readings, or ideologically motivated.
It seems the Bible have been edited so many times to serve objectives of their (whoever changed it) Needs,
For almost 1,500 years, the New Testament manuscripts were copied by hand––and mistakes and intentional changes abound in the competing manuscript versions concerning the divinity of Jesus, the Trinity, and the divine origins of the Bible itself are the results of both intentional and accidental alterations by scribes (unknown writers). To assess how ignorant or theologically manipulative scribes may have changed the biblical text
The scribes left the Note in the Gospel of John.
(John 20:30-31)
Now Jesus did many other signs in the presence of the disciples, "which are not written in this book",
but "these are written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God", and that by believing you may have life in his name..
** "these are written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God",** - written by WHO??
In the absence of any original manuscripts of the books of the New Testament, how can we be sure that we're getting the intended words and meaning?
As Christianity evolved into an official religion under Roman Emperor Constantine, however, scribes often added material to existing manuscripts or altered them to provide scriptural support for Christian doctrine or to enforce specific views about Women, Jews or Pagans..
The vast majority of these are intentional or accidental errors made by scribes, and are easily identified as such: an omitted word, a duplicate line, a misspelling, a rearrangement of words.
Some variations involve apparently intentional changes, which often make more difficult a determination of whether they were corrections from better exemplars, harmonizations between readings, or ideologically motivated.
It seems the Bible have been edited so many times to serve objectives of their (whoever changed it) Needs,
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