View Full Version : Fragment from worlds oldest Bible found hidden in Egyptian monastery
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....
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/africa/fragment-from-worlds-oldest-bible-found-hidden-in-egyptian-monastery-1780274.html
GeorginaS
Sep19-09, 01:57 AM
My first question is: did you write this? And, if so, at the very least, where are your citations?
Second: what are we being invited to be skeptical about or debunking with this?
matthyaouw
Sep19-09, 04:07 AM
hmmmmm... (http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=A+British-based+academic+has+uncovered+a+fragment+of+the+wor ld%27s+oldest+Bible+hiding+underneath+the+binding+ of+an+18th-century+book.+Nikolas+Sarris+spotted+a+previously+ unseen+section+of+the+Codex+Sinaiticus%2C+which+da tes+from+about+AD350%2C+as+he+was+trawling+through +photographs+of+manuscripts+in+the+library+of+St+C atherine%27s+Monastery+in+Egypt.&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-GB:official&client=firefox-a)
No I didn't write this, I found it on the net and thought it was very interesting and wanted to share. I will in the future start an article with whom the writer was. sorry.
BigFairy
Sep20-09, 12:48 AM
Can you post links to the original article? thanks.
Ivan Seeking
Sep20-09, 02:29 PM
No I didn't write this, I found it on the net and thought it was very interesting and wanted to share. I will in the future start an article with whom the writer was. sorry.
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