Does the Bible have 672 textual variants, errors and contradictions?
The Bible is a compilation of 66 books, written by over 40 authors over 1500 years
Scholars agree the Bible contains a number of errors, repetitions and contradictions including:
omitted words
duplicate lines
misspelling
re-arrangement of words
contradictions to intentional changes
corrections
harmonizations between readings
ideology-inspired textual updates (i.e. prevailing Christian doctrine influenced the Bible text)
It is estimated their are 400,000+ textual variants between the early Bible manuscripts from 2nd to 15th century. That's more differences than actual words in the New Testament!
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