World's oldest Bible goes online

The project involved joint efforts of institutions in Russia, Britain, Germany and Egypt, the four countries that each held parts of the vellum-written document since 1844, prior to which it was kept in a Sinai monastery.

The project's website, www.codexsinaiticus.org, said the Codex was hand-written in the middle of the fourth century A.D. by four scribes in Greek and contains "the earliest complete copy of the Christian New Testament."

"The New Testament appears in the original vernacular language (koine) and the Old Testament in the version, known as the Septuagint, that was adopted by early Greek-speaking Christians," the website said, Kazinform refers to RIA Novosti.

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