Oldest Bible goes online

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The world's oldest known Bible goes online next Monday. The early work known as the Codex Sinaiticus was divided in parts around the world and is 1600 years old. The ancient text is not the same as the modern one. Certain texts are missing such as the ones dealing with Jesus' resurrection.

When the manuscript was written in the middle of the fourth century there was wide but not complete agreement on which books should be considered authoritative, according to the web site where the Codex is posted.

The Codex includes some apocryphal books such as 2 Esdras, Tobit and Judith in the Old Testament. The New Testament portion includes the Epistle of Barnabas and the Shepherd of Hermas.


Here is the website where the Codex will be posted:
http://www.codexsinaiticus.org/en/

See also

• Historic Bible pages put online (news.bbc.co.uk)
• World's oldest Bible published in full online (telegraph.co.uk)
• Have you read the oldest Old Testament? (lookingcloser.org)
• Reading ancient manuscripts in the digital age (allaboutegypt.org)
• World's oldest bible goes online (guardian.co.uk)