Object No. 2 The Codex Sinaiticus, presented by Professor James Dunn

The Codex Sinaiticus is one of the most important documents in the world. Handwritten around 1600 years ago, the Codex is incomparable in its importance for our understanding of human civilization and the early Christian faith. Made up of 750 leaves, it contains the Christian Bible in Greek, and our oldest complete copy of the New Testament. Kept in the Monastery of St Catherine on Mount Sinai (from where it takes its name) until the mid-nineteenth century, and now divided between there, the British Library, the Library of the University of Leipzig, and the National Library of Russia, its modern history is as fascinating as its conception. We are immensely fortunate to have one of the world's leading New Testament scholars, Prof. James Dunn, present this extraordinary book.

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Education

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• History
• Christianity
• Deddington
• Codex
• Sinaiticus