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That's not true, the only reason we have the Dead Sea Scrolls is because they were preserved in nearly ideal conditions. When a copy of a letter or book was received in a church it was read to the church regularly and copies were made. The reason being papyrus scrolls were notoriously perishable, which is why they were not as carefully preserved early as they were by the fifth century. You guys keep saying 'we', like Christians are somehow limited to your opinions about the source of the New Testament witness. They were and are a living witness that have been in the custody of the Christian community and the Christian church never relied on oral tradition with regards to the canon of Scripture. As far as I can tell you just made that one up.And yet the earliest complete manuscript in existence does not correlate with your assertion.
The earliest found is in the 4th century; in Greek, and version Septuagint. Fragmented text exists as early as the second century. But again, are very small pieces.
Prior to this, all we have to place such hopes upon, is oral tradition. And one can only guess what happens to a story told hundreds/thousands of times over.
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