[Grig]

There are 8 parts in total

Part 1, A Testament Is Established
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2033073/posts

Part 2, The Word Is Preserved
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2033622/posts

Part 3, A New Word Is Added to the Old
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2038304/posts

[Pelham]

I’d recommend FF Bruce’s “The Canon of Scripture”.

http://tinyurl.com/3nbe63

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

So Are you saying Jesus LIED?

Mat 24:35 Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.

Mar 13:31 Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away.

Luk 21:33 Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away.

[colorcountry]

Oh joy! Now the Mormons are attempting to prove that the canon of scripture is corrupted.

Of course, you won’t be introduced to that “meat” until a later chapter.

[MHGinTN]

Perhaps it would help you to obtain and read a copy of Constantine Tischendorf's Bible, which he derives from the oldest known Greek manuscripts. This obsession of mormonism apologists to denigrate the Bible as 'missing major passages', incorrectly translated, and or full of errors is getting rather amusing ... if it weren't so stark an expose' of mormon/smithian thinking.

I have read the Joseph Smith 'Translation' --into King James English-- of the King James Bible. Have you read the absurdities which your teachers and founders are trying to pass off as Smithian additions by pure revelation, with zero text to refer to? The fraud didn't even use his peepstone! Try reading the eight hundred plus words Smith added to the end of Genesis, for a flavor of the demonic absurdities. The man fabricated, for one instance, a lengthy addition to write a 'prophecy' into the Bible of his 'coming in these latter days.' He even had the gall to add to The Revelation of John!

I have yet to see how pointing out an error in the King James Bible does anything to authenticate the fiction of Joseph Smith.

[P-Marlowe]

Furthermore, the scriptures they did have were made good use of.

Wow this guy sure has a way with grammar.

This screed reads like a sophomore high school term paper.

Tell me Grig, what is the author's point?

And when you are done, tell me, what are his credentials? Does he have a high school diploma?

[Elsie]

How the Bible Came to Be: Part 4, The Canon Becomes an Unread Relic

Oh?

I like how the Book of MORMON came into existance: