Tuesday, September 8, 2009

Fragment From World's Oldest Bible Found Hidden In Egyptian Monastery

A page from the earliest surviving Bible, of which another fragment has been discovered in Egypt. PA


From The Independent:


Academic stumbles upon previously unseen section of Codex Sinaiticus dating back to 4th century.

A British-based academic has uncovered a fragment of the world's oldest Bible hiding underneath the binding of an 18th-century book.

Nikolas Sarris spotted a previously unseen section of the Codex Sinaiticus, which dates from about AD350, as he was trawling through photographs of manuscripts in the library of St Catherine's Monastery in Egypt.

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My Comment: Bookyards section on Christianity is here, and on the Bible it is here.

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