Why do we accept the Bible?

Fallacies in The Old Testament.Nowhere in the gospels do we find Jesus correcting anything in the Hebrew scriptures (Old Testament). If we look closely at what Jesus actually said in the gospels, we discover that He supported the Hebrew scriptures (Old Testament). For example, in Luke 24:44 Jesus made this statement,

Now He said to them, "These are My words which I spoke to you while I was still with you, that all things which are written about Me in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms must be fulfilled." (NASB) Luke 24:44

Do not think that I came to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I did not come to abolish but to fulfill. For truly I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not the smallest letter or stroke shall pass from the Law until all is accomplished. (NASB) Matthew 5:17-18

Jesus defended the Old Testament while correcting the misunderstandings of the religious leaders. You ask, "Didn't the appearance of Jesus bring clarity to the fallacies in the Hebrew Bible?" The answer is He did not correct the Hebrew Bible. He corrected the misunderstanding of the religious leaders! For example, Jesus rebuked the religious leaders with this statement,

You have heard that it was said, ‘YOU SHALL NOT COMMIT ADULTERY’; but I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman with lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart. (NASB) Matt. 5:27-28

Jesus also indicated His support for the entire Old Testament when He said,

"Therefore, behold, I am sending you prophets and wise men and scribes; some of them you will kill and crucify, and some of them you will scourge in your synagogues, and persecute from city to city, so that upon you may fall the guilt of all the righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah, the son of Berechiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar." (NASB) Matthew 23:34-35

What is important in this statement is that Jesus refers to Abel who appears in the first book of the Hebrew Bible, Genesis, and then Zechariah who appears in the last book of the Hebrew Bible, 2 Chronicles. By doing this, Jesus showed His approval of the first and last books of the Hebrew Bible and each one in between. If we put all of this evidence together, we discover that Jesus endorsed the entire Hebrew Bible.

The Orthodox Jewish Rabbis. The orthodox Jewish rabbis did not change the Hebrew scriptures in the first century. The proof that neither the rabbis or the Christians changed the Hebrew scriptures in the first century or after the first century is found in the Septuagint and the Dead Sea Scrolls, which were discovered in the caves at Qumran. First, both the Septuagint and Dead Sea Scrolls were complied by at least 100 B.C. The evidence indicates that the Septuagint existed by at least 285 BC and 247 BC. The date of the Dead Sea Scrolls has been verified by radiocarbon dating methods by multiple agencies and universities as being at least 200-100 B.C. Second, since both the Septuagint and the Dead Sea Scrolls existed before Jesus was born and before the orthodox rabbis of the first century, it is not possible that Jesus, His followers, or the rabbis modified them. Third, these documents are almost identical to the Hebrew scriptures that we have today. The discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls proves that neither Jesus, His followers, or the rabbis changed anything.