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When Micaiah son of Gemariah and grandson of Shaphan heard the messages from the LORD, he went down to the secretary’s room in the palace where the administrative officials were meeting. This room was just off the upper courtyard of the Temple, near the New Gate entrance. It says:īaruch read Jeremiah’s words to all the people from the Temple room of Gemariah son of Shaphan. We read about this episode in Jeremiah 36. There is an example of the text of Scripture being destroyed by one of the kings of Judah, Jehoiakim. The Texts Were Destroyed by Those Who Did Not Like the Message The text would have had to have survived these two deportations as well as other calamities the nation faced.ĥ. The Holy Scriptures had to contend with this sort of conflict from those who opposed the nation. The nation did not again become an actual functioning state for almost two thousand years. Those who survived were taken to Rome and sold as slaves. How can we sing the songs of the LORD while in a foreign land? ( Psalm 137:4 NIV)Īs God had promised, the people returned to the land and again sang the songs of Scripture.Īt the second exile, the city and temple were again destroyed. The psalmist wrote of this difficult time: It is a testimony to God’s providence that the Scripture survived the deportation of the nation to Babylon. The city of Jerusalem was destroyed, the temple burned, and all its treasures taken away. At the seventy year Babylonian captivity, the people were sent off to a foreign nation. The first time was for seventy years while the second time was for almost nineteen hundred years. The nation has been twice removed from its homeland. The history of the nation Israel must also be considered. The Nation of Israel Went Through Many Difficult Times

This would cause the loss of the original as well as older copies.Ĥ. There is also the possibility that early scribes who copied New Testament manuscripts observed the Jewish practice of destroying old worn-out copies when the new ones were made. Such was the reverence the Jews had for the text.

When the new manuscript was checked and found correct, then the old manuscript would be destroyed or buried to keep it from being defiled. The ancient scribes would meticulously copy a new manuscript from the old worn out one. Some Manuscripts Were Destroyed by Those Copying the Textįurthermore, Hebrew texts that had worn out were often buried or destroyed when a new copy was made. This factor, along with the perishable surfaces of the documents, makes it nearly impossible for an original text to have survived.ģ. Over this long period of time, manuscripts can become lost or worn out through constant usage. The first books of Scripture, the writings of Moses, were composed about thirty four hundred and fifty years ago. The last written book of the Bible was composed some nineteen hundred years ago. The Books Were Written Thousands of Years Ago Because most of the biblical text was originally written upon perishable material, we should not expect the autographs (originals) to last.Ģ. Only under the most ideal conditions can we expect this type of material to survive. Surfaces such as papyri and parchment (animal skins) were not as durable as stone tablets. The first reason we do not possess any of the originals of the biblical books concerns the materials upon which they were written. The Books Were Written upon Perishable Materials There are several reasons why this is so. This is true for the originals of almost all other ancient writings as well.

The original manuscripts in which the books of the Bible were written have been lost. Why Don’t We Possess Any of the Original Manuscripts of the Books of the Bible?