[B-Greek] Fragment from world's oldest Bible found hidden inEgyptian monastery - Africa, World - The Independent

George F Somsel gfsomsel at yahoo.com
Sat Dec 26 04:48:50 EST 2009


Correct.
 george
gfsomsel 


… search for truth, hear truth, 
learn truth, love truth, speak the truth, hold the truth, 
defend the truth till death.


- Jan Hus
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----- Original Message ----
From: Beata Urbanek <beata.urbanek at op.pl>
To: George F Somsel <gfsomsel at yahoo.com>; Leonard Isaksson <leonard.i at cheqnet.net>; b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org
Sent: Sat, December 26, 2009 2:25:57 AM
Subject: Re: [B-Greek] Fragment from world's oldest Bible found hidden inEgyptian monastery - Africa, World - The Independent

George,

I think you mean the oldest NT manuscript is Rylands papyrus, not the oldest 
Bible.

Beata Urbanek

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "George F Somsel" <gfsomsel at yahoo.com>
To: "Leonard Isaksson" <leonard.i at cheqnet.net>; <b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Saturday, December 26, 2009 1:01 AM
Subject: Re: [B-Greek] Fragment from world's oldest Bible found hidden 
inEgyptian monastery - Africa, World - The Independent


> It didn't make it. Here's one that should
>
> http://tinyurl.com/meaacn
>
> BTW: It's not the world's olded manuscript of the bible. That plum goes to 
> a small papyrus fragment of the Gospel according to John found at 
> Oxyrhynchus dating to the early 2nd century. א is the most complete early 
> manuscript, but it isn't complete either as this fragment shows (Note that 
> א contains about ½ of the OT).
>
> george
> gfsomsel
>
>
> … search for truth, hear truth,
> learn truth, love truth, speak the truth, hold the truth,
> defend the truth till death.
>
>
> - Jan Hus
> _________
>
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: Leonard Isaksson <leonard.i at cheqnet.net>
> To: b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org
> Sent: Fri, December 25, 2009 4:15:30 PM
> Subject: [B-Greek] Fragment from world's oldest Bible found hidden in 
> Egyptian monastery - Africa, World - The Independent
>
> Here we go, now you folks can read this yourselves, I hope it all gets
> through.
>
> <http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/africa/fragment-from-worlds-
> oldest-bible-found-hidden-in-egyptian-monastery-1780274.html>
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