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Student discovers fragment of world’s oldest Bible
September 08, 2009
Nikolas Sarris, a 30-year-old doctoral student, has discovered an additional fragment of the world’s oldest Bible in the binding of an eighteenth-century book at St. Catherine’s Monastery at Mount Sinai. The bulk of the Codex Sinaiticus, which dates from A.D. 350, was discovered at the monastery in the nineteenth century.
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Further information:
- Fragment from world's oldest Bible found hidden in Egyptian monastery (The Independent)
- Codex Sinaiticus (Official website)
- Codex Sinaiticus (Wikipedia)
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