Reliability of the Bible
So last Saturday I presented 5 reasons for the Reliability of the Bible (you can watch it again here starting 37:40) – here are some further resources that give us reasons to believe in the reliability of the Bible:
Archeological discoveries:
- http://www.southern.edu/administration/archaeology/resources.html
- https://andrewsarchaeology.org/online-resources
- http://www.biblicalarchaeology.org
Other Resources: (you need a Right Now Media account to access these videos – just email jinhakim@adventist.org if you’d like a free account!)
- The Bible on Trial: https://www.rightnowmedia.org/Content/Series/205771
- The Bible: Why Does it Endure?: https://www.rightnowmedia.org/Content/Series/1114
- Why We Believe the Bible: https://www.rightnowmedia.org/Content/Series/202
Chart of Ancient Writings:
| Author | Book | Date Events Occurred | Date Written | Earliest Copies | Time Gap | # of Copies |
| Homer | Iliad | 1300-1100 BC | 800 BC | 400 BC | 400 years |
643 |
| Herodotus | History | 1400-400 BC | 480-425 BC | AD 900 | 1350 years |
8 |
| Thucydides | History | 431-404 BC | 460-400 BC | AD 900 | 1300 years |
8 |
| Plato | Dialogue | 427-347 BC | 427-347 BC | AD 900 | 1300 years |
7 |
| Caesar | Gallic Wars | 100-44 BC | 100-44 BC | AD 900 | 1000 years |
10 |
| Livy | History of Rome | 800 BC – 9 BC | 59 BC – AD 17 | AD 4th c. (partial) AD 10th c. | 400 years – 1000 years | 1 partial
19 copies |
| Tacitus | Annals | AD 14 – 68 | AD 100 | AD 1100 | 1000 years |
20 |
| Pliny Secundus | Natural History | AD 61-113 | AD 850 | 750 years |
7 |
|
| New Testament | 5 BC – AD 95 | AD 50-100 | AD 80 (fragment)
AD 125 books AD 325 (complete NT) |
25-50years
100 years 225 years |
24,000 mss
5366 |
by: Jinha Kim
"But those who drink the water I give them will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give them will become in them a spring of water welling up to eternal life." John 4:14