Manuscripts of the Bible

There exists several handwritten of the Bible . These manuscripts are divided into various categories, according to their support or their type of writing.

One distinguishes initially:

the papyrus, manufactured using marrow of reed, organized in the form of rollers;
the Parchment S, manufactured using sheep or calfskins, organized in the form of separate layers.

All the manuscripts of the New Testament are written in Greek. One distinguishes:

those written in capital letters known as “Uncial S”, they are oldest;
those written in small letters, most.

See too

Papyrus P52
Codex Sinaiticus
Codex Vaticanus
Codex Alexandrinus
Codex Ephraemi Rescriptus
Handwritten Codices Claromontanus
Syriaque Bible of Paris
of Qumrân (Dead Sea Scroll)
the Seventy, Greek version of the Hebraic Bible
the Vetus Latina
the Vulgate of Jerome de Stridon
the Peshitta, syriaque version used by the Churches nestoriennes

List Manuscripts of New Testament

in The New Testament Manuscripts Presents the list of the manuscripts and codex of New Testament. Bonds towards the photographs of certain papyruses.

FAC Similés on line

in New New Testament
in and Old Testament

External bond

History of the transmission of the Bible

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