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    The world's oldest surviving Bible, the 1,600-year-old Codex Sinaiticus, has been digitally compiled after being scattered amongst collections in St. Petersburg, Leipzig, London, and Egypt for centuries. The 1,400 parchment pages of the Codex Sinaiticus, which was discovered at Mount Sinai, each contain four columns of Classical Greek text and careful study has revealed passages that have been repeatedly questioned and altered over time. The British Library, which is exhibiting the Codex Sinaiticus, says that it provides first-hand evidence of how the biblical text has been transmitted from generation to generation.

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    The world's oldest surviving Bible, the 1,600-year-old Codex Sinaiticus, has been digitally compiled after being scattered amongst collections in St. Petersburg, Leipzig, London, and Egypt for centuries. The 1,400 parchment pages of the Codex Sinaiticus, which was discovered at Mount Sinai, each contain four columns of Classical Greek text and careful study has revealed passages that have been repeatedly questioned and altered over time. The British Library, which is exhibiting the Codex Sinaiticus, says that it provides first-hand evidence of how the biblical text has been transmitted from generation to generation.

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    World's Oldest Bible Put Online: BBC Learning English Words in The News 6 July 2009

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    The world's oldest surviving Bible, the 1,600-year-old Codex Sinaiticus, has been digitally compiled after being scattered amongst collections in St. Petersburg, Leipzig, London, and Egypt for centuries. The 1,400 parchment pages of the Codex Sinaiticus, which was discovered at Mount Sinai, each contain four columns of Classical Greek text and careful study has revealed passages that have been repeatedly questioned and altered over time. The British Library, which is exhibiting the Codex Sinaiticus, says that it provides first-hand evidence of how the biblical text has been transmitted from generation to generation.

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    BBC Learning English

    Words in the News


    6th July 2009
    World's oldest Bible put online
    The world's oldest surviving Bible has been pieced together and made available on the
    internet. The 1,600-year-old "Codex Sinaiticus" was split up after its discovery in the 18th
    Century. Here's our Religious Affairs Correspondent Robert Pigott:

    Before the Codex Sinaiticus was compiled and bound less than 400 years after Jesus'
    crucifixion, most Bibles were written on collections of scrolls. The 1,400 parchment pages
    of the Codex - which was named after its discovery in Sinai - were scattered between St
    Petersburg, Leipzig, London and Egypt, but each page has now been digitally photographed
    and collected on a single web-site.

    900 of the 16 by 14 inch pages survive, each bearing four neat columns of Classical Greek.
    Careful study reveals passages that have been questioned and altered repeatedly over the
    centuries.

    The British Library, which begins an exhibition of the Codex Sinaiticus today, said the book
    gave first-hand evidence of how the text of the Bible had been transmitted from generation
    to generation.

    Robert Pigott, BBC

    Words in the News

    British Broadcasting Corporation 2009


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    Vocabulary and definitions


    compiled

    put together

    bound

    made into a book - by fastening together separate pieces of


    paper, parchment (see below) or other material used for
    writing

    scrolls

    rolls of paper, parchment (see below) or other material


    used for writing

    parchment

    a yellowish material made from dried and treated animal


    skin which in the old days was used for writing

    scattered between

    located in different places, such as

    neat

    orderly, tidy

    passages

    here, extracts, short pieces of writing that are part of a


    larger work

    altered repeatedly

    changed many times

    the book gave first-hand

    the book provided new, original proof

    evidence
    transmitted

    here, passed

    More on this story: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/8135415.stm


    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7651105.stm
    Read and listen to the story and the vocabulary online:
    http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/language/wordsinthenews/2009/07/090706_witn_bible.shtml

    Words in the news

    British Broadcasting Corporation 2009


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