CNN The Lead With Jake Tapper February 27, 2015 21:57:00
Yale university. for these biblical scholars they are poring over some of the earliest fragments. >> here what we have is a beautiful copy. it's the greek translation of the hebrew bible. >> reporter: some of these were produced within a few hundred years of the crucifixion. yet already differing interpretations, omissions and mistakes are apparent from one copy to the next. >> the amount of variation from original gospel to this is quite remarkable. >> reporter: so when a new fragment is discovered or an old one analyzed how do researchers know it is an authentic part of biblical history? fir...