Da Danger: Bible writas an da guys who wen copy da Bible wen put um down on stuff made from plants called papyrus o on stuff made from animal skins. Dey call um parchment. (2 Fo Timoty 4:13) But how writing um down on dose two tings made um hard fo las?

Papyrus iz easy fo fall apart an come faded. Two guys who wen study Egypt, Richard Parkinson an Stephen Quirke, wen tell dat da sheets from da papyrus can fall apart an jus turn to dust. An den if you try stash um an bury um, da small animals, like da rats an da bugs like da white ants, goin grind um. Some of da paypas afta dey wen find um, cuz had light on top o moisture in da air, wen cause um fo rot an fall apart too.

Parchment iz moa strong den papyrus but same ting if get supa cold weather, hot weather, moisture in da air o light on top um, all dat can cause um fo come supa buss. * Da bugs even like grind da parchment. Cuz of dat da book Everyday Writing in the Graeco-Roman East, wen tell: ‘Dass how come hardly any copies make um to today.’ If da Bible wen break down an neva las, would neva know wat say inside um.

HOW DA BIBLE WEN MAKE UM: Had one law dat ery king had fo copy da firs five books of da Bible. (Da Rules Secon Time 17:18) An den da guys who wen copy da Bible real good, dey would make choke copies. By Jesus time, had copies all ova Israel an far away. (Luke 4:16, 17; Jesus Guys Wat Dey Wen Do 17:11) So how da ol copies wen las to oua time den?

Dey wen find ol kine copies in clay jars. One guy who study da New Testament, Philip W. Comfort, wen tell dat da Jews an da Christians, dey wen put da copies inside da jars fo make um las.

CUZ OF DAT: Tousans of ol kine copies wen las til today. Some ova two tousan years ol. No odda ol writing had so much copies dat wen make um til now.