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Scientist Uncovers Hidden 1,750-Year-Old New Testament Translation with Ultraviolet Imaging

...uding the Codex Sinaiticus, by at least a century. The Codex Sinaiticus is a complete Gospel text, thought to be older than the fourth century. Rapp emphasizes the significance of combining modern digital technologies and basic research when examining medieval manuscripts, as demonstrated by this discovery. In February, The Christian Post reported the upcoming auction of the Codex Sassoon in May, possibly the earliest single Codex containing all Hebrew Bible books. Created around 900, the book comprises 24 books split into three sections. The Hebrew Bible is fundamental to Christianity, Judaism, and Islam, with the 24 books comprising the canonical Hebrew Scr...

Biblical Inspiration and the Canon: How We Got the Bible

...canus and Codex Sinaiticus. With this wealth of manuscript evidence, scholars can compare variations and confidently determine what the original text said. A Comparison of Manuscript (Mss.) Evidence for Ancient Writings Bart Ehrman, a notable agnostic New Testament scholar and textual critic, acknowledges this in his book Misquoting Jesus: “If he (Bruce Metzger) and I were put in a room and asked to hammer out a consensus statement on what we think the original text of the New Testament probably looked like, there would be very few points of disagreement — maybe one or two dozen out of many thousands. … [T]he essential Christian beliefs are...

The Coming of Jesus: The Olivet Discourse – Part 2

...entury “Codex Sinaiticus” included Barnabas and The Shepherd alongside the rest of the New Testament books in its canon. Barnabas even links the 70AD event to the completion of “the Week” which harkens back to Daniel’s prophecy, as did many other early Christian writers over the first four centuries, such as: Clement of Alexandrea, Origen, Tertullian, and Athanasius. You can see why they thought this way if you contrast Daniel 12:4, in which the angel tells Daniel to “seal up” his words “until the time of the end” with Revelation 22:10 where the angel tells John: “Do not seal up the words of the prophecy of this book, for the time is near....