Abagond blog - “It does look surprisingly new”

[Steven Avery]

Yep!

Codex Sinaiticus

The Codex Sinaiticus (c. 330-60) is one of the oldest Bibles in the world and has the world’s oldest complete New Testament. Much of it is at the British Library, in the room next to Codex Al…

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[Steven Avery]

Possible fake: In 1862, another Constantin, Constantine Simonides, wrote to The Guardian claiming he wrote the Codex Sinaiticus! Not as a forgery, but to help his uncle in the 1840s to make an antique Bible for Tsar Nicholas. Two people backed him up, but The Guardian said it could not confirm his story. Sinaiticus does look surprisingly new. And the introductory first 16 pages are missing. Unlike the Dead Sea Scrolls, or even Codex 2427, it has not been carbon-dated.

 

[Steven Avery]

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