The Codex Sinaiticus Bible, a fourth century CE handwritten copy of the Christian Bible in Greek, including the oldest complete copy of the New Testament, is coming online. On July 24, 2008, the Codex Sinaiticus Project was set to place the Book of Psalms (Tehillim in Hebrew) and the Gospel of Mark online in a view-only format with an online reader like Amazon and some online versions of print publications.
As of this morning, Jerusalem time, all that is available online is an image of a sample of Jeremiah and the Book of Lamentations (Eicha in Hebrew).
The Times of London has an interesting piece on the “Indiana Jones” angle – where the manuscript was found, how it has been scattered around the world, and how the British Library has been able to piece it together for online presentation.
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