Codex Sinaiticus, the oldest Bible in the world (dating to the 4th century), has been reunited digitally, and the results have been posted online for the world to see.
As someone who works at a rare book library
and has a degree in New Testament studies, my dual nerdiness has me practically hyperventilating with excitement over this feat. But what does this mean for people who haven't spent years poring over old, dusty manuscripts?
1. No one alive has seen all 800 pages in one place. The codex, written in Greek, was unearthed in the 19th century at Mount Sinai and transported to Europe, where it was split apart and gobbled up by different museums and collectors. Today the codex is divided among four cities: St. Petersburg, London, Leipzig and Alexandria, each of which carefully digitized their holdings for the joint project.
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