From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!ihnp4!houxz!houxi!houxa!houxm!npois!npoiv!alice!rhm Newsgroups: net.religion Title: Re: Accuraccy of the Bible Article-I.D.: alice.1492 Posted: Mon Feb 14 15:25:19 1983 Received: Wed Feb 16 06:38:31 1983 References: mitccc.314 I have heard the story of meticulous copying of the Torah before, but it doesn't seem to square with what happens whenever a really old manuscript turns up. The Dead Sea scrolls caused a lot of embarassment among biblical scholars when it was realized that it varied to an amazing degree with received texts.