I can compare the Old Testament texts with the Dead Sea Scroll fragments and I have.
I've also found quotes from early Church fathers and compared them as well.
If I discover missing verses such as Acts 8:37 quoted by the early Church fathers, I conclude the modern Bibles are forgeries. The fact Vaticanus wasn't copied multiple times until it wore out and was lost to history only provides further confirmation.
If you can't understand why the age of a text has nothing to do with its authenticity, I'm not sure you'll ever understand why the authenticity is better determined by the number of copies in existence that agree with each other in the case of physical manuscripts, especially when believers consider the texts in question to be the Word of God.
Zenodotus was the father of the Alexandrine grammarians, and they continued in his traditions for centuries. As you can see, the Alexandrian scholars were known for literary criticism, which included altering lines.
Although he has been reproached with arbitrariness and insufficient knowledge of Greek, his recension undoubtedly laid a sound foundation for future criticism. Having collated the different manuscripts in the library, he expunged or obelized doubtful verses, transposed or altered lines, and introduced new readings. It is probable that he was responsible for the division of the Homeric poems into twenty-four books each, and possibly was the author of the calculation of the days of the Iliad in the Tabula Iliaca.
I can compare the Old Testament texts with the Dead Sea Scroll fragments and I have.
I've also found quotes from early Church fathers and compared them as well.
If you can't understand why the age of a text has nothing to do with its authenticity, I'm not sure you'll ever understand why the authenticity is better determined by the number of copies in existence that agree with each other in the case of physical manuscripts, especially when believers consider the text to be the Word of God.
Zenodotus was the father of the Alexandrine grammarians, and they continued in his traditions for centuries.
Although he has been reproached with arbitrariness and insufficient knowledge of Greek, his recension undoubtedly laid a sound foundation for future criticism. Having collated the different manuscripts in the library, he expunged or obelized doubtful verses, transposed or altered lines, and introduced new readings. It is probable that he was responsible for the division of the Homeric poems into twenty-four books each, and possibly was the author of the calculation of the days of the Iliad in the Tabula Iliaca.