oh Minimalist you wanted to see a picture of the text itself? well the originals were lost and probably destroyed from constant war and pillage and such. there are few documents period preserved so long. the Masoretic Text is not even close to that old and it's not even in one piece.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masoretic_Text
the oldest existing hebrew text are the silver amulets. i don't see where you're going with this though. just because the original copies don't exist means the bible is changed? it means they were written in greek? the fact is they are still jewish/hebrew texts and that's why i referenced the hebrew. and just because the originals aren't there doesn't make the remakes any less valid.
and answers.com is not my only reference. i have many others.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masoretic_Text
the oldest existing hebrew text are the silver amulets. i don't see where you're going with this though. just because the original copies don't exist means the bible is changed? it means they were written in greek? the fact is they are still jewish/hebrew texts and that's why i referenced the hebrew. and just because the originals aren't there doesn't make the remakes any less valid.
and answers.com is not my only reference. i have many others.
Oh! thus be it ever, when freemen shall stand
Between their loved home and the war's desolation!
Blest with victory and peace, may the heav'n rescued land
Praise the Power that hath made and preserved us a nation.
Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just,
And this be our motto: "In God is our trust."
And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!
-4th verse of the american national anthem
Between their loved home and the war's desolation!
Blest with victory and peace, may the heav'n rescued land
Praise the Power that hath made and preserved us a nation.
Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just,
And this be our motto: "In God is our trust."
And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!
-4th verse of the american national anthem
