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Anyone like to research ancient biblical content? (lemmy.world)
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Hey y’all I was wondering if anyone else liked to research about ancient biblical and related text. By this I mean text which were from and produced in these time periods. My favorite is Dead Sea Scrolls. Any other suggestions to read about?

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

One of my favorite books on church history and the transmission of the Bible is called, "The Indestructible Book". I think it's out of print, but you might be able to get a copy second hand, or I think there was an accompanying video.

Another book worth reading is, "The King James Only Controversy", by James White. While it deals with the KJV-only issue, it goes into a lot of the details about lower criticism and Bible versions.