According to a BBC report, the 4th century Codex Sinaiticus is now available online. More information about the project is available in this report by Reuthers. The link to Codex Sinaiticus is here.
Here is a photo of Saint Catherine’s monastery, at the foot of Jebel Musa, the traditional Mount Sinai, where the manuscript was discovered in the 19th century.
St. Catherine's Monastery at Jebel Musa. Photo by Ferrell Jenkins.
HT: Paleojudaica; Frank Walton
Posted in Bible Study, Church History, Egypt, New Testament, Old Testament
For whatever reason(s) the media seems to have overlooked the decision of the Obama administration to send an ambassador back to Syria. Read a little about the decision at CNN.
Syria is an important country historically and politically. The capital city of Damascus is mentioned as early as the time of Abraham (Genesis 14:15), and there is indication that Abraham had considerable contact with the city. He suggests that Eliezer of Damascus might become his heir in the absence of a natural son (Genesis 15:2).
Damascus is situated immediately east of the Anti-Lebanon mountain range on what Rainey calls “the Damascus tableland” (The Sacred Bridge, 32). The River Barada (probably the Abanah of 2 Kings 5:12) runs east from the Anti-Lebanon range through the city of Damascus. The Syrian Desert stretches east of Damascus to the Euphrates River valley. The photo below was made looking west from my hotel balcony to the mountain range. The main part of the city is to the right (north). Go south a few miles and you have a clear view of Mount Hermon.
View of Damascus looking west. Photo by Ferrell Jenkins 2002.
The only references to Damascus in the New Testament are those associated with the conversion of Saul of Tarsus (the Apostle Paul). All but two of these are in Acts 9, 22, and 26. The others are in 2 Corinthians 11:32 and Galatians 1:17.
The Syria of today is not the same political entity we read about in the Bible; only the name is the same.
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