NEW TESTAMENT COPIES Compared to other ancient documents, the New Testament, for example, has far more textual evidence in its favor than any other ancient writing. Please consider the chart below. Author When Written Earliest Copy Time Span No. of Copies Homer (Iliad) 900 BC 400 BC 500 years 643 Ceasar (The Gallic Wars) 100 - 44 BC 900 AD 1,000 years 10 Plato (Tetralogies) 427 - 347 BC 900 AD 1,200 years 7 Aristotle 384 - 322 BC 1,100 AD 1,400 years 49 Herodotus (History) 480 - 425 BC 900 AD 1,300 years 8 Euripedes 480 - 406 BC 1,100 AD 1,500 years 9 New Testament 50 - 90 A.D. 130 AD 30 years 24,000 This chart was adapted from charts in Evidence that Demands a Verdict, by Josh McDowell, 1979, pages 42 and 43.
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