What manuscripts were left out of the Bible?
Texts of the Apocrypha
- Esdras.
- Book of Tobit (the Vulgate, and Luther call it “Tobias”)
- Book of Judith.
- Book of Wisdom.
- Ecclesiasticus.
- Baruch.
- Susanna.
- 1st & 2nd Maccabees.
How many records of the Bible are there?
The Guinness Book of World Records estimates that more than 5 billion copies of the Bible have been printed. Other religious texts are also high on the list: the Quran with 800 million copies, the Book of Mormon with 120 million.
What happened to the original manuscripts of the Bible?
The original manuscripts of the New Testament books are not known to have survived. The autographs are believed to have been lost or destroyed a long time ago. What survives are copies of the original.
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Earliest extant manuscripts.
| Book | 1 Timothy |
|---|---|
| Earliest extant manuscripts | א |
| Date | c. 350 (4th century) |
| Condition | Complete |
How many original manuscripts of the Bible are there?
There are over 5,800 complete or fragmented Greek manuscripts, 10,000 Latin manuscripts and 9,300 manuscripts in various other ancient languages, such as Syriac, Slavic, Gothic, Ethiopic, Coptic and Armenian.
How many books have been removed from the Bible?
Did you know that the bible was made up of around 80 books when the bible was first translated from Latin to English by the Vatican in 1611? However, 14 books were voted for removal in 1684.