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diff --git a/docs/howto/html/h2-importance.html b/docs/howto/html/h2-importance.html new file mode 100644 index 0000000..9d24a50 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/howto/html/h2-importance.html @@ -0,0 +1,30 @@ +<html><head><title>Chapter 1. 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Importance of God's Word</h2></div></div><p>Understanding God's word is of great importance to all who call on +God's name. Study of the Bible is one of the primary ways that we learn to +communicate with God.</p><div class="section"><div class="titlepage"><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="h2-importance-unique"></a>A Book that is +Unique</h2></div></div><p> +The Bible stands alone in many ways. It is unique in: +</p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul type="disc"><li><p> +popularity. Bible sales in North America: more than $500 million per +year. The Bible is both the the all-time and year-to-year best seller! +</p></li><li><p> +authorship. It was written over a period of 1600 years by 40 different +authors from different backgrounds, yet reads as if written by one. +</p></li><li><p> +preservation. F. F. Bruce in <span class="emphasis"><i>Are New Testament Documents Reliable?</i></span> +compares New Testament manuscripts with other ancient texts: +</p></li></ul></div><div class="table"><p><b>Table 1.1. Comparison of New Testament manuscripts with other ancient texts.</b></p><table summary="Comparison of New Testament manuscripts with other ancient texts." border="1"><colgroup><col><col><col><col><col></colgroup><thead><tr><th>Work</th><th>When Written</th><th>Earliest Copy</th><th>Time Lapse</th><th>Number of Copies</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Herodotus</td><td>448-428 B.C.</td><td>900 A.D.</td><td>1300 years</td><td>8 +</td></tr><tr><td>Tacitus</td><td>100 A.D.</td><td>1100 A.D.</td><td>1000 years</td><td>20 +</td></tr><tr><td>Caesar's <span class="emphasis"><i>Gallic War</i></span></td><td>50-58 B.C.</td><td>900 A.D.</td><td>950 years</td><td>10 +</td></tr><tr><td>Livy's <span class="emphasis"><i>Roman History</i></span></td><td>59 B.C. - 17 A.D.</td><td>900 A.D.</td><td>900 years</td><td>20 +</td></tr><tr><td>New Testament</td><td>40 A.D. - 100 A.D.</td><td>130 A.D. Partial manuscripts 350 +A.D. Full manuscripts</td><td>30 - 310 years</td><td>5000 Greek & 10,000 Latin +</td></tr></tbody></table></div><p>Ten copies of Caesar's <span class="emphasis"><i>Gallic War</i></span> exist, the earliest of which was copied +900 years after Caesar wrote the original, etc. For the New Testament we have +full manuscripts dating to 350 A. D., papyri containing most of the New +Testament from the 200s, and a fragment of John's gospel from 130 A. D. How +many manuscripts do we have to compare to each other? 5,000 in Greek and 10,000 +in Latin! </p><table border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="blockquote" summary="Block quote"><tr><td width="10%" valign="top"> </td><td width="80%" valign="top"><p>"In the verity and fullness of the evidence on which +it rests, the text of the New Testament stands absolutely and unapproachably +alone among other ancient prose writings." </p></td><td width="10%" valign="top"> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" align="right" valign="top">--<span class="attribution">Textual critic F. J. A. 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