Codex Sinaiticus

Codex Sinaiticus

The Codex Sinaiticus is one of the oldest surviving manuscripts of the Bible, dating from between 325 and 360 AD.
It contains most of the Old Testament, the Deuterocanonical books, and the entire New Testament in Greek.
The Codex Sinaiticus is considered by biblical scholars to be one of the finest manuscripts for textual criticism of the New Testament in its original language, Koine Greek.
“The Codex Sinaiticus is one of the world’s greatest written treasures,” said Dr. Scot McKendrick, a senior fellow at the British Library.
“This 1,600-year-old manuscript opens a window into the beginnings of Christianity and offers firsthand clues to how the Bible was passed down from generation to generation.”
The Codex was kept at Saint Catherine’s Monastery in Egypt until 1844, when the German scholar Konstantin von Tischendorf, originally from Leipzig, brought it back to Europe for publication.
The Codex is now divided into four parts, the majority of which are in the British Library in London; one part is in Saint Catherine’s Monastery in Egypt; another is in the University Library of Leipzig, Germany; and some fragments are in the Russian National Library in Saint Petersburg.