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From: mrh@cybvax0.UUCP (Mike Huybensz)
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Subject: Re: New Testament Textual Criticism: A Summary
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Date: Wed, 7-Nov-84 11:09:51 EST
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[Jeff Gillette]
> There has been some question as to the reliability of the text
> of the New Testament...
> Even so, the broad diversity, geographically,
> linguistically, and theologically, of pre-5th Century manuscripts tends to
> rule out the possibility of a "conspiracy" by which the Roman church 
> systematically rewrote the New Testament to suit its own ends.

Nice summation, Jeff.  I liked the listing of criteria of authenticity.

Can you summarize similarly the reliability of the texts of other writings
that have been excluded from the bible?

(Lest this be considered some sort of approval of the bible, let me state that
I consider references to god in the orignal texts to be ficticious, no matter
how accurately they have been transmitted to us.)
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Mike Huybensz		...decvax!genrad!mit-eddie!cybvax0!mrh