The oldest surviving copy of the New Testament, a 4th century version that had its Gospels and epistles spread across the world, is being made whole again — online. The British Library says the full text of the Codex Sinaiticus will be available to Web users by next July, digitally reconnecting parts that are held in Britain, Russia, Germany and a monastery in Egypt"s Sinai Desert. A preview of the Codex, which also has some parts of the Old Testament, will hit the Web on Thursday — the Book of Psalms and the Gospel of Mark. "Only a few people have ever had the opportunity to see more than a couple of pages ofthe (Codex)," said Scot McKendrick, the British Library"s head of Western manuscripts.
The Web site will give everyone access to a "unique treasure," he said. Discovered at the Monastery of Saint Catherine at Mount Sinai by German Bible scholar Constantine Tischendorf in the mid-19th century, much of the Codex eventually wound up in Russia — just how exactly the British Library won"t say, citing lingering sensitivity over the circumstances surrounding its removal from the monastery. The British Library bought 347 pages from Soviet authorities in 1933. Forty-three pages are at the University Library in Leipzig, Germany, and six fragments are at the National Library of Russia in St. Petersburg. And in 1975, monks stumbled on 12more pages and 40 fragments stashed in a hidden room at the monastery. Biblical scholars are thrilled at the news that the Codex Sinaiticus — divided since Tischendorf"s trip to the monastery in 1844 — is finally being put back together, albeit virtually. In the past, anyone wishing to examine the document first hand would have had to approach the British Library "on bended knee," said Christopher Tuckett, a professor of New Testament studies at Oxford University.
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A lead on the Ark of the Covenant
Jesus may have visited England
Was Eden in the Kalahari desert ?
Was there really a "Great Flood" ?
Moses Red Sea parting explained ?
Archeologists find Old Testament seal in Israel
Is recent Noahs Ark claim a hoax ?
Was the Last Supper 24 hours earlier?
Ark of the Covenant "will not be revealed"