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The Codex Sinaiticus is simply a fourth-century copy of earlier manuscripts that have long since been destroyed. The importance of the codex is that it contains the earliest surviving copy of the New Testament, helping scholars to research how much the books of the New Testament have changed over the centuries and, where possible, why. So, the unknown scribe who copied out the Codex Sinaiticus should not be credited with writing any new work.

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Is Codex Sinaiticus the first Bible?

A:No. The Bible was not even a single book when first written, and none of the originals has survived to the present day. The Codex Sinaiticus is a manuscript copied in the fourth century. The word 'codex' means that it was written in leafed book form, as we invariably use today, as opposed to rolled-up scrolls.Codex Sinaiticus has the four New Testament gospels, Acts of the Apostles, fourteen Epistles attributed to Paul, including Hebrews, seven catholic Epistles, the Revelation of John, the 'Epistle of Barnabas' and the Shepherd of Hermas.As one of the very oldest surviving biblical manuscripts, it is important because it has Mark's Gospel finishing at verse 16:8, without 'Long Ending' that tells of the appearances of the risen Jesus.


Who wrote the Codex Sinaiticus?

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Was the the Codex Sinaiticus used in the translation of the Geneva Bible?

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