

Once a good copy of the text was produced, the physical autograph could then be discarded.” ( ) This is because it was the text of the autographs that was important. “This reveals that Christians sometimes threw away biblical manuscripts after a period of use, likely after being replaced with a new copy, rather than being retained for hundreds of years.

“Unfortunately, apologists’ numbers often reflect an inclusive count for the New Testament but a functional one for classical works.” ( ) Myths About Modern Translations: Variants, Verdicts, and Versions.Myths about Early Translations: Their Number, Importance, and Limitations.Myths about Canon: What the Codex Can and Can’t Tell Us.Myths about Patristics: What the Church Fathers Thought about Textual Variation.

Myths about Orthodox Corruption: Were Scribes Influenced by Theology and How Can We Tell?.Myths about Variants: Why Most Variants Are Insignificant and Why Some Can't Be Ignored.Myths about Transmission: The Text of Philemon from Beginning to End.Myths about Copying: the Mistakes and Corrections Scribes Made.Myths about Copyists: the Scribes Who Copied Our Earliest Manuscripts.Dating Myths 2: How Later Manuscripts Can Be Better Manuscripts.Dating Myths 1: How We Determine the Ages of Manuscripts.Myths about Classical Literature: Responsibly Comparing the New Testament to Ancient Works.Math Myths: How Many Manuscripts We Have and Why More Isn’t Always Better.Myths about Autographs: What They Were and How Long They May Have Survived.
