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July 31, 2008
Codex Sinaiticus — After 1,600 years, finally online
More than 1,600 years after it was written in Greek, parts of one of the oldest known copies of the Bible went online on July 24, 2008.
From the project website: "Codex Sinaiticus is one of the most important books in the world. Handwritten well over 1600 years ago, the manuscript contains the Christian Bible in Greek, including the oldest complete copy of the New Testament. Its heavily corrected text is of outstanding importance for the history of the Bible and the manuscript — the oldest substantial book to survive Antiquity — is of supreme importance for the history of the book."
Ed Payne's July 24, 2008 CNN.com story has more on the project.
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Thanks Tim for the counterpoint. During my formal educational days I probably went to the party instead of studying and reading, So you maybe right. However, the article "Science as a religion?.. Seems to be about the condition of man more than the convictions of Dawkin's. Also seem's the article was not about justification of theism but societies ability to handle the truth and if it tried it would only create many groups of new beliefs systems that would be just as goofy as any of the revealed religions; in the movie A FEW GOOD MEN; "You can't handle the truth" was the just of the article.
Posted by: wistrade | Aug 2, 2008 1:06:47 PM
Thanks, Nikolas, for the update on the Antikythera Mechanism. I read that article with interest.
But as for the article wistrade quoted? That's an unusually weak article for Salon. Science as a religion?... At best it's a mis-categorization - Science is to religion as bald is to a hair color
Here's the counterpoint:
http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2008/07/karl_giberson_strikes_back.php
Posted by: Tim | Aug 1, 2008 3:57:17 AM
But is the pergamene carbon dated?
http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/07/31/religion_science/index.html
Posted by: wistrade | Jul 31, 2008 11:22:27 PM
Did you read yesterday's news concerning the Antikythera Mechanism? They think it was also used to mark the timing for the Olympic games as well as calculating when eclipses were to occur. It's the oldest known analog computer and I've been fascinated by it for years. As for this Bible, I am curious to see how much revision there has been since it was written!
Posted by: Nikolas Schiller | Jul 31, 2008 3:13:08 PM
