Ancient Bible just a mouse click away
This week a portion of a fourth-century Bible was posted online.
The Codex Sinaiticus is thought to be one of the world’s oldest Bibles.
The British Library just started a new project to reconnect portions of the 1,600-year-old Bible in digital form. Project leaders said the Codex Sinaiticus includes what religious scholars believe is the oldest surviving copy of the New Testament.
According to the Religion News Service, parts of the ancient Bible are presently being kept in Leipzig, Germany; St. Petersburg, Russia; St. Catherine’s Monastery in Egypt’s Sinai.
Apparently those lucky enough to have seen parts of the Bible up close have only been able to see just a few pages at a time.
Curious about the project? Go online to www.codex-sinaiticus.net to view this ancient manuscript.
Project leaders said another part of the Codex is scheduled to go online in November and by July 2009 all of its existing pages (in handwritten Greek) are expected to be online.
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