texte biblice datind din anii 400-450 dupa Hristos
Codex Sinaiticus este unul dintre cele mai importante manuscrise ale textelor grecesti ale Septuagintei (Vechiul Testament in versiunea adoptata de primii crestini de limba greaca) si cea mai veche copie gasita pana acum a Noului Testament.
La mijlocul secolului al 4-lea ,inca nu era un acord comun referitor la ce carti sa compuna Biblia si numarul lor, astfel ca acest manuscris vechi de aproximativ 1600 de ani include si citeva carti ce nu se regasesc in biblia ebraica, si considerate apocrife de traditia protestanta, cum ar fi: 2Ezra, Tobita, Iuditha, 1Macabei , 4Macabei, Intelepciunea si Sirach. Noul Testament al manuscrisului contine si o epistola a lui Barnaba , precum si Pastorul din Hermas.
Codex inseamna carte. In perioada in care acest codex a fost scris, se foloseau foi disparate ce apoi erau indoite si legate impreuna,metoda ce a inlocuit treptat vechiul sul -rola din papirus sau piei de animale. Este o proba incontestabila a veridicitatii vechiului si Noului testament , eventuale pareri pro si contra referitoare la unele omisiuni , inadvertente sau texte in plus nu stirbesc cu nimic din valoarea confirmarii Bibliei de-a lungul celor doua milenii.
Apostolul Pavel : ''Cercetati toate lucrurile si pastrati ce este bun '' 1Tesaloniceni 5:21
Institutii partenere care au colaborat la traducerea si prezentarea online a Codex Sinaiticus:
The British Library, UK
Leipzig University Library, Germany
St Catherine's Monastery, Sinai
The National Library of Russia, St Petersburg
Institutii care au colaborat la acest proiect:
Institute for Textual Scholarship and Electronic Editing (ITSEE), University of Birmingham, United Kingdom
Institut für neutestamentliche Textforschung, University of Münster, Germany
Göttinger DigitalisierungsZentrum (Centre for Retrospective Digitization), Göttingen State and University Library, Germany
Society of Biblical Literature, Atlanta, USA
Participanti la proiect:
Ronald Milne
British Library - Chair of the Project Board
John Tuck (2003-2008)
British Library - Chair of the Project Board
Claire Breay
British Library - Project Manager
Alexander Bukreyev
National Library of Russia
Father Justin
St Catherine's Monastery - Representative of Archbishop Damianos and the Holy Monastery of Sinai
Clive Field (2003-2007)
British Library
Juan Garcés (2006-)
British Library - Project Curator
Ekkehard Henschke (2003-2005)
Leipzig University Library
Lara Jukes
British Library - Chair of the Funding and Finance Working Party
Ekaterina Krushelnitskaya
National Library of Russia
Norbert Lossau
Göttingen State and University Library - Chair of the Website Working Party and Technical Standards Working Party
Scot McKendrick
British Library - Chair of the Curatorial Working Party/Scholarly Edition Committee
Panayotes Nikolopoulos
University of Athens & National Library of Greece, Emeritus
David Parker
University of Birmingham
Kent Richards
Society of Biblical Litareture
Ulrich Johannes Schneider (2006-)
Leipzig University Library
Helen Shenton
British Library - Chair of the Conservation Working Party
Victoria Solomonides
Embassy of Greece, London
Nikolaos Vadis
Saint Catherine Foundation
David Way
British Library
Vladimir Zaitsev
National Library of Russia
