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  Although we do not have the original manuscripts of the New Testament, we do have more than 99.9 percent of the original text because of the faithful work of manuscript copyists over the centuries. Copying was a long, arduous process.  In ancient days, copyists did not sit at desks while writing–but, rather, stood or made copies while sitting on benches or stools, holding a scroll on their knees.  Notes at the end of some scrolls tell of the drudgery of the work: ‘He who does not know how to write supposes it to be no labor; but though only three fingers (read more…)

  After several months of romance, Napoleon and Josephine decided to marry. The notary who made out the marriage contract was one of Josephine’s friends.  He secretly advised her against marrying an ‘obscure little officer who has nothing besides his uniform and sword and has no future’.  He thought she should find someone of greater worth. With her charms, he advised, she might attract a wealthy man, perhaps an army contractor or a business investor. Napoleon was in the next room while the notary was giving his advice to his beloved.  He could hear every word he said.  Still, he (read more…)