World's oldest Christian Bible digitized
July 7, 2009 - The surviving pages of the world's oldest Christian Bible have been reunited - digitally. The early work acknowledged as the Codex Sinaiticus has been housed in four independent places across the entire world for a lot more than 150 years. But commencing Monday, it turned accessible for perusal on the Internet at www.codexsinaiticus.org so scholars and other viewers can get a nearer look at what the British Library phone calls a "special treasure."
"(The book) offers a window into the development of early Christianity and firsthand evidence of how the text of the Bible was transmitted from era to era," said Scot McKendrick, head of Western manuscripts at the British Library.
As it survives today, Codex Sinaiticus includes just over 400 large leaves of geared up animal skin, each of which steps 15 inches by thirteen.5 inches (380 millimeters by 345 millimeters). It is the oldest book that consists of a total New Testament and is only lacking parts of the Aged Testament and the Apocrypha.
This undated photo made accessible by the British Library displays a reader analyzing a web page from the earliest surviving Christian Bible. The British Library says the surviving pages of the world's oldest Bible have been reunited _ digitally. The library states the early Christian work acknowledged as the Codex Sinaiticus had been housed in four separate locations across the planet for more than one hundred fifty years.
It became available Monday for perusal on the Website so scholars and other individuals can get a nearer look. The library says the work will permit scholars to more review the "distinctive treasure." The project united companies from Fantastic Britain, Germany, Russia and Egypt. Each and every possessed parts of the 1,600-year-aged manuscript. They worked collectively to publish new research into the background of the Codex and transcribed 650,000 phrases during a four-year interval. (AP Photo/The British Library)
The 4th-century book, written in Greek, has been digitally reunited in a project involving teams from Britain, Germany, Russia and Egypt, which every possessed parts of the 1,600-year-old manuscript.
They labored with each other to publish new research into the history of the Codex and transcribed 650,000 words over a four-year interval.
The Codex was each a key Christian text and "a landmark in the background of the book, as it is arguably the oldest large-sure book to have survived," McKendrick mentioned. ( via redicecreations.com )
"(The book) offers a window into the development of early Christianity and firsthand evidence of how the text of the Bible was transmitted from era to era," said Scot McKendrick, head of Western manuscripts at the British Library.
As it survives today, Codex Sinaiticus includes just over 400 large leaves of geared up animal skin, each of which steps 15 inches by thirteen.5 inches (380 millimeters by 345 millimeters). It is the oldest book that consists of a total New Testament and is only lacking parts of the Aged Testament and the Apocrypha.
This undated photo made accessible by the British Library displays a reader analyzing a web page from the earliest surviving Christian Bible. The British Library says the surviving pages of the world's oldest Bible have been reunited _ digitally. The library states the early Christian work acknowledged as the Codex Sinaiticus had been housed in four separate locations across the planet for more than one hundred fifty years.
It became available Monday for perusal on the Website so scholars and other individuals can get a nearer look. The library says the work will permit scholars to more review the "distinctive treasure." The project united companies from Fantastic Britain, Germany, Russia and Egypt. Each and every possessed parts of the 1,600-year-aged manuscript. They worked collectively to publish new research into the background of the Codex and transcribed 650,000 phrases during a four-year interval. (AP Photo/The British Library)
The 4th-century book, written in Greek, has been digitally reunited in a project involving teams from Britain, Germany, Russia and Egypt, which every possessed parts of the 1,600-year-old manuscript.
They labored with each other to publish new research into the history of the Codex and transcribed 650,000 words over a four-year interval.
The Codex was each a key Christian text and "a landmark in the background of the book, as it is arguably the oldest large-sure book to have survived," McKendrick mentioned. ( via redicecreations.com )
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