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[–] yueter 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

Older does not mean better when it comes to bibles.

Sounds not right, but it is.

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[–] Son_Of_Hate ago 

Care to explain why? Seems like it would be closer to the original source

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[–] yueter 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

With most things yeah.

Jist of it is, the Bible was used so extensively by most families (like 6 hours a day, every day, every week) that they wore out quite fast.

Imagine Bible A is written/edited/compiled wtvr by one group. And Bible B written/edited/compiled wtvr again by another group.

Both printed at the same time.

Bible A is put away and sits on a shelf in a dusty building. Bible B is opened, shut, dropped, spilled on, wtvr for hours each and every day.

Bible B is toast after a while. Time to copy or get a new Bible B. Few years later, gonna be time for another Bible B.

A few hundred years go by.

Oldest copy of Bible B is only few decades old.

Oldest copy of Bible A is centuries old.