Yep, kind of like the Dead Sea scrolls, so many “hidden books” were found but really they were gnostic texts, stories, fictional tales or popular books at the time. Just because it’s old and tries to sound biblical doesn’t mean it’s authoritative/inspired scripture.
The discovery of the DSS also corroborated the meticulous nature with which the Scribes penned these copies down through the ages.
A great example of this is the amazing accuracy between the scroll of Isaiah found at Qumran (which was discovered in its entirety) and our - at the time - most current copy. A 1000 yr gap. We’re talking letters. That’s right, letters. It’s virtually letter for letter the…same.
Clearly this is a testament to the way God has preserved His Word down through the centuries, protecting it from extinction and guarding it against significant error.
Yes, got those who say the Bible has been mishandled or misinterpreted through the years don’t know what they’re talking about. We have more literary proof for biblical texts than we do the works of Plato and Aristotle, yet no one questions those. Now I will say translating to English can be difficult and have some grammatical errors or contextual errors. Some bibles use a paraphrase vs an actual interpretation. Some of the biblical texts were written in various forms of poetic style, so the different translations seem to fall on a spectrum of word for word vs keeping the spirit of the poetic imagery if that makes sense.
Yep, kind of like the Dead Sea scrolls, so many “hidden books” were found but really they were gnostic texts, stories, fictional tales or popular books at the time. Just because it’s old and tries to sound biblical doesn’t mean it’s authoritative/inspired scripture.
The discovery of the DSS also corroborated the meticulous nature with which the Scribes penned these copies down through the ages.
A great example of this is the amazing accuracy between the scroll of Isaiah found at Qumran (which was discovered in its entirety) and our - at the time - most current copy. A 1000 yr gap. We’re talking letters. That’s right, letters. It’s virtually letter for letter the…same.
Clearly this is a testament to the way God has preserved His Word down through the centuries, protecting it from extinction and guarding it against significant error.
Yes, got those who say the Bible has been mishandled or misinterpreted through the years don’t know what they’re talking about. We have more literary proof for biblical texts than we do the works of Plato and Aristotle, yet no one questions those. Now I will say translating to English can be difficult and have some grammatical errors or contextual errors. Some bibles use a paraphrase vs an actual interpretation. Some of the biblical texts were written in various forms of poetic style, so the different translations seem to fall on a spectrum of word for word vs keeping the spirit of the poetic imagery if that makes sense.