Objection · Case 03 · Reliability of Scripture
You admit the old chart with Plato at seven copies was wrong. How many other apologetics figures on this site are equally outdated?
One objection from the free evidence repository at apologetics.pro.
Response
A fair challenge, and the only honest answer is to keep correcting. The old chart was retired publicly, the Greek manuscript count was updated, the 24,000 total is flagged as unaudited, and the 95 percent word-for-word figure for the Dead Sea Scrolls was dropped. Every claim on this site carries a correction link for exactly this purpose. A site that corrects its own side’s overstatements should be more trustworthy on the figures it keeps, not less.
About this exhibit
This objection is to How other ancient books compare.
Most classical works survive in only a handful to a few hundred copies. Using updated scholarly counts, Homer’s Iliad, the best attested classical work, survives in roughly 1,760 to 1,900 copies,…
Under Claim 01: We can recover what the New Testament originally said better than any other ancient book.