A Unique Source Of Superior Wisdom

Is the Bible the record of that superior wisdom? Can it give us truthful answers to the important questions that have to do with the purpose of life?

Certainly the Bible is worthy of our examination. One reason is that it is the most unusual book ever assembled, very different from any other book. Consider the following facts.

Oldest, Most Widely Distributed Book


The Bible is the oldest book ever written, parts of it being composed some 3,500 years ago. It is many centuries older than any other book considered sacred. The first of the66 books that it contains was written about a thousand years before Buddha and Confucius and some two thousand years before Muhammad.

The history recorded in the Bible goes back to the beginning of the human family and explains how we came to be here on earth. It even takes us back to the time before humans were created, giving us facts about the formation of the earth.

Other religious books, and nonreligious one too, have only a few copies of their old manuscripts left in existence. About 13,000 handwritten copies of the Bible or parts of it exists in Hebrew and Greek, some of which date from close to the time of the original writing. These have survived even though the most concentrated onslaughts imaginable have been attempted against the Bible.

Also, the Bible is by far the most widely distributed book in history. About three billion Bibles or parts of it have been distributed in some two thousand languages. It is said that 98 percent of the human family have access to the Bible in their own language. No other book comes close to that circulation.

In addition, no other ancient book compares with the Bible in accuracy. Scientists, historians, archaeologists, geographers, language experts and others continually verify Bible accounts.


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