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I guess it's worse that all those visitors breathed at the manuscript. Humidity can quickly accelerate parchment aging, especially if it's very old and in a state of suspended aging. Yet Sinaiticus is clearly super-supple and in "phenomenally good condition", as pointed out by Helen Shent...

Well, I was told that this is actually a good thing. Unlike papyrus, which you are only supposed to touch with gloves, parchment gets preserved by the oils from fingers. Which means that even experts today touch them with with their bare hands. This is an ongoing discussion, and it is true that som...

Kunigunde Kreuzerin wrote:Unbelievable but true: it was permitted to touch all sheets of the Codex.

Just curious, where did you read that?
The picture you showed is simply a fuzzy still.

Steven

Anyway, I still think the easiest explanation for the differences is the horrible London climate. I don't think it was a good idea to bring parchment that is that old into the humid air of Britain. Cold and dry winter air in Eastern Europe was much easier on the material. An easy explanation is qui...

> Fame and cash? In terms of the vain-glorious Tischendorf, these were clearly key motives. Tischendorf was a conservative Christian. His big dream was to discover the original text of the Bible and he was clearly one of the leading manuscript experts of his time. The Csar paid him nothing for the ...

How different are sinaicitus verses from other Bible versions? What is the motive? Fame and cash? Great questions. The difference is fairly large, in terms of doctrine. This was hashed out in the 1860s when Porfiry Uspensky accused the text of being heretical, on issues like the virgin birth. That ...

Excellent new video! Sinaiticus Coincidences? - David W. Daniels - Feb, 2017 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_4WdDG-smU 17 minutes. Watch and enjoy. And some discussion in the comments section on the Youtube page. And for more info, starting from a Facebook traffic-cop post: Sinaiticus Problematicu...

As far as the date it was written, that is not in much dispute. " The codex was written in the 4th century. It could not have been written before 325 because it contains the Eusebian Canons, which is a terminus post quem. It could not have been written after 360 because of certain references t...

Stephan Huller brought up Sinaiticus questions to David Trobisch earlier. Apparently David is skeptical about the usually accepted fourth century date, thinking it was a century or two later. (In the 1800s this was a common position.) Yet afaik had never put that into any public writings. Maybe he c...

While quiet here, the Sinaiticus authenticity issue has heated up elsewhere. Here, for one poster, I simplified some of the basics to A-B-C-D, which I will share. This is about the colour tampering, although the emphasis today is ALSO on the incredible "exceptional" condition of the ms. Fo...