Nevertheless, what we have today is a mirror-like reflection of what was penned and published by the original authors. So, yes what we have a Preservation of Scripture by Restoration. It should be stated that some Bible copyists were careless, even deceitful. Paleographers have set out four basic levels of handwriting. First, there was the common hand of a person who was untrained in making copies. Second, there was the documentary hand of an individual who was trained in preparing documents. The third level