Was Accuracy the Goal of Biblical Scribes?

It's seems funny how fundee x-ians & others make this (another) assumption to bolster their faith. The O.T. writers may have been very careful in copying their works, but their is plenty of evidence of change: the two stories of creation in Genesis for example.
As for the NT, plagarism was a common and acceptable practice in the Greco-Roman world when writing about events in the time of Jesus.
No, I also don't think copying accuracy was practiced, because the manuscripts of NT writings that still exist are different from each other.

I think that's exactly what Matthew & Luke did with Mark. I'll have to read-up on it.

Hey Jim, that cannot be an accurate copy of your picture, can it?! It's Halloween & all the picture needs is fangs![This message has been edited by Prozacman, 10-30-2003]