Ancient Bible with a murky past is on the path to a new era of claritySeems like a good summary of the current understanding of the rediscovery of the manuscript.
Alexi Mostrous (London Times)
The story of the Codex Sinaiticus Bible, the oldest complete copy of the New Testament in existence, reads like a script from an Indiana Jones film.
Ever since a German explorer controversially removed it from an Egyptian monastery, four countries have fought for control over the ancient manuscript.
From today, extracts from the 4th-century Greek original can be viewed online. Behind the scenes, however, “harsh and negative” discussions continue between Britain, Russia, Egypt and Germany to establish who has the right to the priceless artefact.
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The Codex Sinaiticus Project website goes live today with Mark and the Psalms. I'll link to it when they've been posted.
Background here.
UPDATE (1:45 pm BST): The site (http://www.codexsinaiticus.org/) is now live, but the photo page is oversubscribed ("Too many concurrent connections (> 100.000). The manuscript page is temporarily unavailable. Please try again later.").
