Posted by:
ificouldhietokolob
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Date: October 02, 2017 01:19PM
nolongercounted Wrote:
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> Unlike the BofM,
> the New Testament is based on written manuscripts,
> and many copies were made,so any alterations or
> deletions would stick out like a sore thumb.
Well, sure.
Except we don't have any originals of those "written manuscripts." And though there are many, many copies, the oldest ones (that are even close to being complete) date to many centuries after any originals would have been written. And comparison of the various copies at various times show literally thousands of changes -- some minor, some major. Deletions, additions of huge blocks of text, etc.
I'd recommend Bart Ehrman's "Misquoting Jesus."
It does a pretty good job of covering the "stick out like a sore thumb" alterations, deletions, and additions in NT manuscripts over the years.
https://www.amazon.com/Misquoting-Jesus-Story-Behind-Changed/dp/0060859512/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1506964699&sr=1-3&keywords=bart+ehrman