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The comparison of manuscripts and ancient versions shows us that the text of the Bible, transcription transcript, It has come down to us substantially intact, but with numerous accidental variations; precisely to evaluate these…
The Codex Sinaiticus
Dated to the mid-fourth century, cataloged with the first letter of the Hebrew alphabet (aleph), originally it contained, both the New and the Old Testament, together with the letters of Barnabas and the Shepherd of Hermas, texts of the Apostolic Fathers,…
The Efrem Code or Code C
This manuscript is a palimpsest (gives " palin" , " again" e " psao" , " scraping").
Schedules are manuscripts in which the original text has been washed or scraped off, to make room for another text. His 241 biblical codes in…
The Beza Cantabrigiensis Code or Code C
This code takes its name from the fact that it belonged to the reformer Teodoro di Beza. Born in Geneva on 24-6-1519, Calvinist, Calvin's favorite disciple, director of the Theological Academy of Geneva, he made a gift of it, in…
The Vatican Code or Code B
The Vatican Code, Parchment is a code and is so named because, since 1475, It appears in the catalog of the Vatican Library (with the number 1209). Scholars think that the place of origin of the text is Egypt, in the fourth century.…
The Codex Alexandrinus
The Alexandria code or code to contain AT and NT with gaps. In the NT the Gospel of Matthew was almost completely lost. The manuscript is of varied quality, depending on the books, which were copied from several manuscripts. It is poor…
The Bible of the LXX
This name refers to the first Greek version of the Hebrew Bible, made in Alexandria of Egypt, for the use of the Hellenized Jews who resided there, who generally no longer understood Hebrew. It is therefore also called "Alexandrine".…
The Qumran manuscripts
The discovery of the Qumran manuscripts, locations on the western shores of the Dead Sea, It is undoubtedly one of the greatest archaeological discoveries of our century.
In 1947 - the shores of the Dead Sea were then under the…
The New Testament manuscripts
There are about 5306 manuscripts that contain the greek NT or parts of it and can be distinguished in:
Unciali: this term denoting the manuscripts written in capital letters (unciali); such letters were often a lot…
Codes and Ancient Versions of the Bible
I manoscritti
MANOSCRITTI DEL NUOVO TESTAMENTO
LA BIBBIA DEI LXX
CODICE ALESSANDRINO
CODICE VATICANO
CODICE DI EFREM
CODICE DI BEZA
CODICE SINAITICO
TESTO MASORETICO
I CODICI DEL CAIRO E DI ALEPPO
CODICE DI…