CHRISTIAN SCRIPTURE
NEW TESTAMENT RELIABILITY
The Bibliographical Test
|
AUTHOR |
ORIGINAL |
OLDEST COPY |
TIME SPAN |
COPIES |
|
Homer
|
B.C. 900
|
B.C. 400
|
500 years
|
643
|
|
Sophocles
|
B.C. 496 - 406
|
A.D. 1000
|
1,450 years
|
193
|
|
Euripides
|
B.C. 480 - 406
|
A.D. 1100
|
1,550 years
|
9
|
|
Herodotus
|
B.C. 496 - 425
|
A.D. 900
|
1,350 years
|
8
|
|
Thucydides
|
B.C. 460 - 400
|
A.D. 900
|
1,300 years
|
8
|
|
Aristonphanes
|
B.C. 450 - 385
|
A.D. 900
|
1,300 years
|
10
|
|
Plato
|
B.C. 427 - 347
|
A.D. 900
|
1,300 years
|
7
|
|
Aristotle
|
B.C. 384 - 322
|
A.D. 900
|
1,300 years
|
49
|
|
Lucretius
|
B.C. 70 - 55
|
A.D. 1000
|
1,050 years
|
2
|
|
Catallus
|
B.C. 54
|
A.D. 1550
|
1,600 years
|
3
|
|
Pliny the Younger
|
A.D. 61 - 113
|
A.D. 850
|
750 years
|
7
|
|
Suetonius
|
A.D. 75 - 160
|
A.D. 950
|
800 years
|
8
|
|
Tacitus
|
A.D. 100
|
A.D. 1100
|
1000 years
|
20
|
|
NEW TESTAMENT
|
A.D. 40-100
|
A.D. 125 - 325
|
25 - 285 years
|
>13,000
|
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