Scholars Plan to Reunite Ancient Bible
The oldest surviving copy of the New Testament, a 4th century version that had its Gospels and epistles spread across the world, is being made whole again – online.
Discovered at the Monastery of Saint Catherine at Mount Sinai by German Bible scholar Constantine Tischendorf in the mid-19th century, much of the Codex eventually wound up in Russia – just how exactly the British Library won’t say, citing lingering sensitivity over the circumstances surrounding its removal from the monastery. Source: PsyOrg.com
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