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BERLIN, DEC. 22, 2006 (Zenit.org).- The Codex Sinaiticus, one of the most ancient existing texts of the Bible, will be virtually reunited on the Internet by 2009. A document signed this week in London greenlighted a project that will reunify the divided manuscript by posting digitally reproduced images of the manuscript online. The Codex dates from A.D. 350 and contains all of the texts of the Bible, including the first Greek version of both the Old and New Testaments. For centuries the Codex Sinaiticus, one of the oldest manuscripts of the Bible in the world after the Codex Vaticanus, remained...

QUESTION: How do I handle professors that don't like to hear "King James only" arguments? They are evaluating using a certain Bible version. They say that they'll listen to evidence about other Bible versions, but do not want the King James mentioned specifically. What do I do?

QUESTION: Was the Sinaiticus Codex actually rescued from a wastepaper basket? What is your evidence for this?

WILLARD SPERRY Willard Sperry Shows his dislike for the gospel of John in the following statement. "Some of these sayings, it is true, come from the Fourth Gospel (John), AND WE DO NOT PRESS THAT GOSPEL FOR TOO GREAT VERBAL ACCURACY IN ITS RECORD OF THE SAYINGS OF JESUS."244

It would be extremely beneficial at this point if we could simply produce the original autographs for examination. This would greatly simplify the operation of establishing correctly the New Testament Text. But this simply cannot happen. It has long been acknowledged by scholars that we no longer have the "originals." They have long since passed from the scene. This is due to the fact that scribes were known to destroy worn out MSS after they had copied them. Apparently the church valued the WORDS of the original more than the original itself. Therefore, the readings of the originals must be...

QUESTION: I've heard that there have been many manuscripts discovered since 1611 that the King James translators did not have access to. Do these strenghten the Bible or weaken them? ANSWER: They strengthen the King James Bible.