Bible Evidence Links

The following is a collection of links to resources that show the Bible’s reliability in terms of its manuscripts, translations, and content.

• The Earliest Manuscripts
  • Old Testament
  • Dating the earliest NT manuscripts
  • More about the earliest NT manuscripts
  • Chester Beatty Papayri–earliest NT copies, published by Kenyon, Frederic G. (1933-58), The Chester Beatty biblical papyri
  • Center for NT Manuscripts
  • New Testament Virtual Manuscript Room
  • U of Michigan Papyrology Collection
  • Part of Gospel of John from 130 a.d., John Rylands Manuscript, John Rylands Library of Manchester, England
  • The Bible and Science (Disclaimer: strongly disagree with the site’s evolutionary bias)
• The Canon
  • Bible canon facts
  • more Bible canon facts
  • Did Nicea/Constantine determine Bible canon? (not even Wikipedia thinks so)
  • Christian Thinktank on Bible Canon
  • The Apocrypha, The Septuagint and the canon
  • What about the Dead Sea Scrolls and Gnostic Gospels?
• Contradictions and Reliability
  • debunking the Skeptic’s Annotated Bible
  • Testimony of the Evangelists
  • Did Jesus Exist?
• Inerrancy
  • the Bible, Inspiration, and Inerrancy, 1 of 3
  • the Bible, Inspiration, and Inerrancy, 2 of 3
  • the Bible, Inspiration, and Inerrancy, 3 of 3
• Pagan Roots of Christianity
  • alleged pagan roots of Christianity debunked
  • Zeitgeist Debunked
  • Zeitgeist Refuted (full-length video)
  • Jesus Is NOT Zeus
• Tampering
  • the Phantom Pharisee
  • more Phantom Pharisees
  • the alleged Piso family conspiracy
  • base document choices re. Deut. 3:28
  • Which OT text is right?
• Alleged Evil Teachings (presuming we are more righteous and compassionate than God)
  • Jephthah’s Daughter as a sacrifice
  • strange test for suspected adultery
  • God ordering the annihilation of an entire population
• Extra-Biblical Evidence
  • Jesus of Testimony (full-length video)
  • The King of Nations (full-length video)

Regarding the Bible Versions Debate

One of the most divisive teachings in the Christian community has been the claim that only the King James Version of the Bible is correct (KJVO or KJV Only), and all modern translations (in English) are corrupt, Satanic, and heretical. Further, this teaching claims that the underlying Greek text used for the KJV is superior to all others by virtue of it being the majority/received text, and that the KJV translation is authorized by God rather than an English king with an agenda. Typical catchphrases used by promoters of KJVO are Bible believers for themselves and Bible corrupters for others. The primary character of its proponents seems to be character assassination, fear, and judgment.

• Translation and Interpretation, part one
• Translation and Interpretation, part two
• King James Onlyism
• Perils of Bible Translation
• 15 myths about Bible translation
• The Majority Text and the Original Text: Are They Identical?
• The Johannine Comma
• Defending Wescott and Hort
• NT written in Hebrew?
• more on Greek as original NT language