S - Codex Sinaiticus
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Middle fourth Century
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Included both Old and New Testaments plus Epistle of Barnabas and Shepherd
of Hermas
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Text is Alexandrian
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Often but not always agrees with B
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Most like Bohairic version and Sahidic
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May have originated in Palestine or in Alexandria
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Preserved in the library of St. Catherine Monastery on Mount Sinai until
1869 when sold to Czar Alexander II of Russia for about $7000 by arrangement
of Constantin von Tischendorf
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Sold by Russia to Britain for 100,000 pounds in 1933
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Resides at the British Museum in London
Derived from Gospel Parallels, Ed. Burton H. Throckmorton,
Jr., 1979, Thomas Nelson Publishers, Nashville
LivingWeb Library: Scriptures: 220.4
- Original Texts, Early Versions & Translations
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