Aurelia Posted July 13, 2009 Report Share Posted July 13, 2009 Bible stories anyone? The world's oldest known Christian Bible goes online Monday -- but the 1,600-year-old text doesn't match the one you'll find in churches today. Discovered in a monastery in the Sinai desert in Egypt more than 160 years ago, the handwritten Codex Sinaiticus includes two books that are not part of the official New Testament and at least seven books that are not in the Old Testament. More on the CNN website. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northern Neil Posted July 13, 2009 Report Share Posted July 13, 2009 Bible stories anyone?...but the 1,600-year-old text doesn't match the one you'll find in churches today. Nice one, aurelia. I do not find this at all surprising. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sylla Posted July 13, 2009 Report Share Posted July 13, 2009 (edited) Bible stories anyone?...but the 1,600-year-old text doesn't match the one you'll find in churches today. Nice one, aurelia. I do not find this at all surprising. This may be a duplicated THREAD. In any case, this report is a bit inaccurate; - the Codex Sinaiticus is not the oldest "Bible" but the oldest Christian Bible extant in full, - "whole" as long as it contains most of the Jewish Bible ("Old Testament") plus the whole canon of the New testament as currently defined by most Christian affiliations; - actually, a little more than "whole" because it contains also two former Christian best-sellers from the IV century currently considered as apocryphal by most affiliations, the Epistle of Barnabbas and the Shepherd of Hermas (plus some OT apocryphals too). The Codex mismatching is hardly surprising nowadays, because it has been extensively studied since the XIX century; this document is one of the cornerstones of modern textual criticism. The news are that it is coming online. Edited July 13, 2009 by sylla Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aurelia Posted July 14, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 14, 2009 This may be a duplicated THREAD. Oh well, a little extra info doesn't do any harm... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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