Codex Sinaiticus : the story of the world's oldest bible / D.C. Parker

By: Parker, D. C. (David C.)Language: English Publication details: Peabody, MA Hendrickson c 2010Description: xi, 195 p., [16] p. of plates ill. (some col) 25 cmISBN: 9780712358033; 071235803X; 9781598565768Other title: the story of the world's oldest bibleSubject(s): Codex Sinaiticus (Biblical manuscript) -- HistoryDDC classification: 220.4/8 LOC classification: BS64.S5 | P37 2010
Contents:
Every book its destiny -- The Christian book in the age of Constantine -- Making a Bible in the year 350 -- Setting to work -- The scribes and what they did -- The correctors and what they did -- The text of the Bible in Codex Sinaiticus -- Beyond the scriptorium -- 1844-1869 -- Beyond the monastery -- Codex Sinaiticus comes to town -- The virtual Codex Sinaiticus.
Summary: The story of how the Codex Sinaiticus was created and used in the ancient church; how it was preserved for centuries at the monastery of St. Catherine's, Mount Sinai; its subsequent history and how its pages came to be divided and dispersed; and how it has been compiled again and made accessible to a worldwide audience for the first time.--From publisher description
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BR1925 .S55 1990c c.2 主僕史祈生 BR9363 .W87 1969 Underground saints : BS3.5 1990 The Interlinear Hebrew/Greek English Bible BS64.S5 P37 2010 Codex Sinaiticus : BS145.3 .B739 2016 The church : BS185.O94 C67 1999 King James Bible commentary BS191.A1 M436 1965 Harper study Bible :

hotograph of codex on endpapers.

Photograph of codex on endpapers.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Every book its destiny -- The Christian book in the age of Constantine -- Making a Bible in the year 350 -- Setting to work -- The scribes and what they did -- The correctors and what they did -- The text of the Bible in Codex Sinaiticus -- Beyond the scriptorium -- 1844-1869 -- Beyond the monastery -- Codex Sinaiticus comes to town -- The virtual Codex Sinaiticus.

The story of how the Codex Sinaiticus was created and used in the ancient church; how it was preserved for centuries at the monastery of St. Catherine's, Mount Sinai; its subsequent history and how its pages came to be divided and dispersed; and how it has been compiled again and made accessible to a worldwide audience for the first time.--From publisher description

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