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Originally Posted by Abel  No, there are no originals manuscripts now for obvious reasons. However, considering the meticulous method of transcribing, as the above article stated, we have confidence that there were no errors passed on. Remember also, these scribes truly believed they were transcribing the very words of God. They had a fear and respect of God so as not to intentially change even punctuation marks. |
I would say then, logically, the possibility exists that the stories could have been altered or written afterwards. Has nothing to do with how well the scribes transcribed, because most of everything they wrote is lost. For us today, to have evidence that the stories have not changed to match historical events, we would HAVE to have original texts, dated to BEFORE the events.