When Christians mention that there are more than 5000 Greek manuscripts of the NT, they create a false impression, because the great majority are very late and not helpful to the accuracy of the text.
Question: Christian Apologists often combine two separate facts to create a false impression: they point out that the earliest fragments date to the 2nd century, and then state that there are over 5,000 manuscripts. This leads people to assume there are thousands of 2nd-century documents. In reality, the earliest centuries are represented by a mere […]
