It was written by three scribes, and has been corrected by at least two more 3. Vaticanus is the sole property of the Vatican it has been a part of the Vatican library since at least 1475. Both are dated in the mid to late fourth century. Scholars have designated these manuscripts as Alexandrian, linking them with Alexandria, Egypt, the region responsible for early heresies such as Gnosticism and Arianism. If this is true, then these manuscripts are linked to Eusibus’s teacher Origen of Alexandria, both known for interpreting Scripture allegorically as opposed to literally. It has been speculated by some scholars that one or both were produced by Eusebius of Caesarea on orders of Emperor Constantine 2. Dean John Burgon, a highly respected Bible scholar of the mid to late 1800’s, wrote of these manuscripts, “The impurity of the Texts exhibited by Codices B and Aleph is not a matter of opinion but a matter of fact.” 1 These documents are both of dubious origin. Thus, the public needs to know the truth about these manuscripts.Ĭontrary to what has been taught in most seminaries, these two manuscripts are worthless, and hopelessly corrupt. However, these two manuscripts differ substantially from the text of the bulk of the manuscripts. Sinaiticus has been recently made available to all on the internet by the Codex Sinaiticus Project, with the mainstream media and general Christians fawning over this “world’s oldest Bible.” This manuscript, in conjunction with Codex Vaticanus, form the basis for most modern Bible translations. This document will focus on the nature of these two favored manuscripts. The oldest claim has been disproved elsewhere. Of these, Codex Sinaiticus and Codex Vaticanus have been exalted as the “oldest and best” manuscripts. While there are over 5000 known New Testament manuscripts, attention has been placed on less than ten. Bible scholarship of the past 150 years has placed much attention on a very small number of manuscripts.

New Age Bible by John Rodgers