Apologetics 1Arguments for
Christianity
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References Scriptural references taken from the following and their
respective copyrights retained: NIV: THE HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION® NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984
by International Bible Society® NASB: Scripture taken from the NEW AMERICAN STANDARD BIBLE®, Copyright ©
1960,1962,1963,1968,1971,1972,1973,1975,1977,1995 by The Lockman Foundation. ESV: The Holy Bible, English Standard Version® (ESV®) Copyright © 2001 by Crossway, a
publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. HCSB: Holman Christian Standard Bible® Copyright © 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003 by Holman
Bible Publishers. NLT: Holy Bible, New Living Translation copyright © 1996, 2004, 2007 by Tyndale House
Foundation.
The Reliability of the Bible
Number of Manuscript Copies
Pliny
Caesar
Tacitu
sPlat
o
Herodotu
s
Demosthenes
Homer
New Testament
0
1000
2000
3000
4000
5000
6000
7 10 20 7 8200
643
5686
Source: I Don’t Have Enough Faith to Be an Atheist by Norman Geisler and Frank Turek p.226
25 500 750 1000 1200 1400
Years between original and earliest copy
New Testament Homer PlinyCaesar/Tacitus Plato Herodotus/Demosthenes
Source: I Don’t Have Enough Faith to Be an Atheist by Norman Geisler and Frank Turek p.226