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Oldest Coptic Bible
Title- The name of the book in American English
Oldest Coptic Bible
Text Type Source - The name of the document volume or collection
Bohairic (Egyptian dialect)
Traditional Source -
Brought to England in 1842 from the Syrian Monastery in the Nitrian Desert.
Thesis -The nomenclature of the books (scrolls) in English or as found in other sources.
At least 16 Scrolls
Description-
Add MS 14470: Often cited as the earliest, most complete Peshitta manuscript, dating from the 5th/6th century.
Add MS 14479: A specifically dated manuscript from 534 AD containing the Pauline Epistles.
Rabbula Gospels: Another 6th-century (dated 586 AD) illuminated manuscript containing the Gospels in the Syriac Peshitta version, also in the British Library.
Old Syriac Versions: It is important to distinguish the Peshitta from the older "Old Syriac" versions (Curetonian and Sinaiticus), which are also housed in the British Library and at St. Catherine's Monastery, respectively.
The collection of these ancient Syriac manuscripts was largely acquired from the Nitrian Desert in Egypt.
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