1,600-year-old version of Bible goes online

Jul 22, 2008

1,600-year-old version of Bible goes online

MSNBC: 1,600-year-old version of Bible goes online (HT: Denis Hancock)

Technology brings one of oldest cultural artifacts accessible to everyone.

BERLIN - More than 1,600 years after it was written in Greek, one of the oldest copies of the Bible will become globally accessible online for the first time this week.

From Thursday, sections of the Codex Sinaiticus, which contains the oldest complete New Testament, will be available on the Internet, said the University of Leipzig, one of the four curators of the ancient text worldwide.

High resolution images of the Gospel of Mark, several Old Testament books, and notes on the work made over centuries will appear on www.codex-sinaiticus.net as a first step towards publishing the entire manuscript online by next July. ...

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Greatings,
Where are you from? Is it a secret? :)

Thank you
Bodyc

Posted by: Bodyc | Mar 01, 2009 at 01:36 PM

Just click on the "About" link at the top of the left column. You can find out more. I live in Kansas City, MO, USA.

Posted by: Michael W. Kruse | Mar 01, 2009 at 02:05 PM

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