- "The New Testament has a few interesting differences from the Bible Christians use today. The Gospel of Mark abruptly ends after Jesus' disciples discover the empty tomb, for example. Marks last line has them leaving in fear"
- "It cuts out the post resurrection stories.....That's a very odd way of ending a Gospel"
Is this an attack on the validity of the Bible? Obviously this thing is not a new discovery, but how many have heard of it? With these points blasted all over the web I feel an article like this added with the Codex could shake some convictions.
http://www.comcast.net/articles/news-science/20080721/Britain.Ancient.Bible/
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Hey! You're right...this isn't a new topic. We discussed this in my New Testament Survey class in bible school. The truth is that the Codex Vaticanus is older, but not by much.
When this was discussed I remember very plainly a girl who stood up in class with tears in her eyes, interupting the class, she said" Dr. Brookman, I grew up hearing that there were no errors in the bible and now you've just told us all about these inconsistencies in the text, what can I believe?"
At that moment, my professor said something that has cemented my faith till this day. She looked at the young lady and said, " Young lady, I have read both greek and hebrew manuscripts, I have participated in dead sea scoll expeditions and I place my trust in the bible because regardless of the inconsistencies, the message of Christ and his redemption is not compromised."
This isn't an exact quote, but you get the jist. One of the things that you don't get in that article (that is probably left out by leftist media) is the science of textual criticism. We can talk more about that if you'd like.
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