Catholic Word of the Day: CODEX SINAITICUS, 12-24-09

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CODEX SINAITICUS

A late-fourth-century manuscript of the Greek Bible, sold by the Soviet Government to the British Museum in 1933. It contains the entire Old Testament, all the books of the New Testament along with the Epistle of Barnabas and part of the Shepherd of Hermas. It is written on vellum, with each page in four columns. Several hands took part in the writing, and the text has been revised by a number of correctors. Its name comes from the fact that the manuscript was discovered in 1844 by Tischendorf (1815-74) in the Orthodox monastery of St. Catherine on Mount Sinai. It thus found its way into the Imperial Library at St. Petersburg.

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No idea what this was about until I read it this morning.

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[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

****Its name comes from the fact that the manuscript was discovered in 1844 by Tischendorf (1815-74) in the Orthodox monastery of St. Catherine on Mount Sinai. It thus found its way into the Imperial Library at St. Petersburg.****

Typical sleezoid. Borrowed a book from the Sinai Library and never returned it. Pull his card!

[Guyin4Os]

Its name comes from the fact that the manuscript was discovered in 1844 by Tischendorf (1815-74) in the Orthodox monastery of St. Catherine on Mount Sinai.

The article fails to mention that the scrolls were in the trash container at St. Catherine's. The residents used the scrolls for igniting the fireplace until they discovered that they were worth something to the Count Tischendorf.

The elephant-in-the-room question that never gets asked is why the monks themselves did not value them.

[Tax-chick]

I’ve seen some very interesting articles about this text in “Archaeology” magazine. Iirc, one of the monks responsible for conserving and photographing the Codex is an American.

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

****The article fails to mention that the scrolls were in the trash container at St. Catherine’s. ***

Actually I don’t believe that is entirely correct. There were some old scrolls in the trash, then a monk took him to his private quarters where he was shown the BIBLE wrapped in a red cloth. Thichtendorf borrowed those manuscripts, then came back and borrowed more, but never returned them.

The BIBLE was NOT in the trash.

[Guyin4Os]

Thichtendorf (sic) borrowed those manuscripts, then came back and borrowed more, but never returned them

Tischendorf purchased them, and returned to purchase more.

The scrolls found at St. Catherine's were certainly an important find. They represent the textual tradition that emanated from the school in Alexandria. However, I think priority should be given to the Antiochian textual tradition. There are many more MSS in that family.