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Ancient New Testament Manuscripts
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How Does the Bible Compare?
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Textual Integrity of the New Testament
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Textual Integrity of the New Testament
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Exhibit #8: Early Church Letters
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Meet the 1st-2nd Century Writers
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Exhibit #9: Creeds in the New Testament
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Other Creeds
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 Exhibit #10: Rules for the NT Canon
  • Authorship by an apostle/disciple
    • Matthew, John, 13 Pauline epistles, 1-2 Peter, 1-3 John, Revelation
  • Authority by association
    • Luke-Acts, Mark, James, Jude
  • Intrinsic content
    • Hebrews
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Why Did It Take So Long?
  • Accepted
  • Matt, Mark, John
  • Acts-Luke
  • 13 Pauline Epistles
  • 1 Peter, 1 John
  • 20 of 27 books
  • most by 110 AD
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Timeline for the New Testament
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Analyzing the New Testament
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Exhibit #11: The Synoptic Gospels and Acts
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Evidence for Matthew
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Evidence for Mark
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Evidence for Luke & Acts
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Dating the Gospels
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Evidences for Early Dating
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Conclusions on Dating
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Exhibit #12: the Gospel of John
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Exhibit #13: the Pauline Epistles
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 Paul’s Timeline
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