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The Bible isn't a reliable historical document. Adam S. Francisco.

The Old Testament texts were shown to be reliable by the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls at Kumron in 1947.

The Kumron texts, dating from 250 BC to 8050, match the Old Testament manuscripts nearly exactly.

Archaeology and extrabiblical documents from the ancient Near East back up the existence of many Old Testament people and places.

The New Testament writers were eyewitnesses themselves or used eyewitness testimonies.

Other documents from the Jewish and Roman world at that time reinforce information contained in the New Testament.

The New Testament has more existing manuscripts than any other ancient document.

Archaeology also continues to make discoveries that verify the New Testament accounts.

Most objections to the Bible's reliability are not based on evidence but on bias against what the Bible teaches.

One of the more common criticisms of Christianity is that the Bible is not reliable.

It was written too long ago in an age when people believed anything.

Thus it should not be taken seriously or considered factually reliable or so the assumption goes.

True, the Bible was written long ago in a culture very different from our own.

There is no shortage of popular and sensationalist critiques of its authenticity.

But the ancient Bible continues to withstand the scrutiny of the modern world.

There is still good reason to view the Bible as a historically reliable document.

In fact, there are a lot of reasons showing that the Old and New Testaments are reliable.

The Old Testament.

The Old Testament was written over the course of centuries and almost entirely in Hebrew.

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