Originally Posted by antelope_sniper
Originally Posted by Ringman
... read the forward to almost any new Bible. ..
The forward will tell you they are using the oldest available manuscripts in the original languages...

Oldest available does not mean first draft. Additionally, ...
What some believe to be the oldest "manuscript" of the Old Testament is piece of parchment the size of a post card.
They didn't drive an entire bible of that,....


Hollywood will say 'based on a true story'. which could often mean very little truth [ what one can fit on a postcard]
with all remaining script blanks filled in with folks taking the liberty to invoke vivid imagination of varying degree.

its not like the ancients didn't already have creative writing skills, that they previously applied to pagan mythologies.
in fact Bible has terms derived from Greek mythology.


-Bulletproof and Waterproof don't mean Idiotproof.