The History of the Idea of Biblical Falsification in Pre-Islamic Era

This paper aims at surveying the history of the idea of biblical falsification among Jew and Christian theologians within the period of the second to seventh century AD. It shows how this matter began from unstudied accusations towards Jews by Christian theologians and how it developed by the developments of biblical theology. This paper surveys the polemics among two more important Jewish sects, i.e. Orthodox and Samaritans, as well as Jewish-Christian polemics, based on the historical sources, rabbinic literature, including Talmud and Midrashim, theological and polemic works of Christian fathers, as well as modern studies on the Bible and the history of its translations. Therefore allegations expressed in this area on the behalf of the dissident Christian sects are not considered here