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In History - The BAS Library

February 4, 1859 German scholar Constantin von Tischendorf rediscovers the fourth-century Codex Sinaiticus, arguably the oldest manuscript of the Greek Bible, in Saint Catherine’s Monastery at the foot of Mt. Sinai in Egypt.

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MLA Citation

“In History,” Biblical Archaeology Review 36.1 (2010): 14.