Fox News reports that the complete photo-copied text of the 4th century Biblical Manuscript Codex Sinaiticus will soon be available on line. See FOXNews.com - Ancient Bible to Be Reconstructed Online A codex is an early type of bound book, as opposed to a rolled scroll. This Codex is one of the only early complete copies of the Bible, although many early manuscripts of parts of the New Testament exist. Until now it has only been available through special request at the British Museum, which possesses the manuscript originally discovered at a monastery in the Sinai Desert in the 19th century.
What a boon for textual scholars, and won't it be fun for even us ordinary folk to look at?
Update: More coverage of the story at Between Two Worlds
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