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Why We Can Trust the Bible? From Oral Transmission to Manuscripts, Ancient Translations, and the Modern Bible It is important to begin with an honest point: history cannot prove faith the way a laboratory proves chemistry. But history can show whether the Bible is a late invention, a corrupted text, or a document transmitted carelessly.…
The discovery 4 Discovered: 1947–1956, Qumran (near the Dead Sea)Date: ~250 BC – AD 70Material: parchment and papyrusLanguages: Hebrew, Aramaic, Greek They represent the oldest known copies of the Old Testament texts. 1. Historical context The manuscripts were hidden in caves during the Jewish–Roman war (AD 66–70), before the destruction of Jerusalem. They originated from…