Codex Sinaiticus is the earliest complete New Testament manuscript. It is dated to 312 years after Jesus' Crucifixion.
The original, handwritten 27 books of the New Testament most likely disappeared within a few decades after being written. We are left with thousands of manuscripts, papyri and handwritten copies in many different languages.The earliest complete copy of the New Testament is found in the Codex Sinaiticus which dates to 330-360 AD, or 345 AD median year. As Jesus was crucified in 33 AD, Christianity is left with a gap of 312 years in its scriptural evidences.
NOTE: Earlier Biblical Manuscripts than the Codex Sinaiticus are available (i.e. papyrus P52), but these are incomplete, fragmentary, and only have a few words or verses of the originals.
| DATING | % | Mid |
| Traditional: 65-75 AD 2 | 0% (not available) | 70 AD |
| Papyrus: P45 (Egypt) 250 AD 4 | x% (y words, parchment) | 250 AD (180 yr gap) |
| Manuscript: Codex Sinaiticus (Egypt) 330-360 AD 3 | 100% | 345 AD (275 yr gap) |
2 TRADITIONAL dating is widely acknowledged by Christians
3 MANUSCRIPT is earliest complete copy of text
4 PAPYRUS is earliest fragment of text (i.e. few words, verses)
| DATING |
| Traditional: 75-100 AD |
| Manuscript: Codex Sinaiticus (Egypt) 330-360 AD |
| Papyrus: P104 (Egypt) 150-200 AD |
| DATING |
| Traditional: 75-100 AD |
| Manuscript: Codex Sinaiticus (Egypt) 330-360 AD |
| Papyrus: P4 (Egypt) 150-200 AD |
| DATING |
| Traditional: 90-110 AD |
| Manuscript: Codex Sinaiticus (Egypt) 330-360 AD |
| Papyrus: P52 (Egypt) 200 AD |
| DATING |
| Traditional: 80-90 AD |
| Manuscript: Codex Sinaiticus (Egypt) 330-360 AD |
| Papyrus: 0189 200 AD |
| DATING |
| Traditional: 56-58 AD |
| Manuscript: Codex Sinaiticus (Egypt) 330-360 AD |
| Papyrus: P46 175-225 AD |
| DATING |
| Traditional: 50-60 AD |
| Manuscript: Codex Sinaiticus (Egypt) 330-360 AD |
| Papyrus: P46 175-225 AD |
| DATING |
| Traditional: 55-57 AD |
| Manuscript: Codex Sinaiticus (Egypt) 330-360 AD |
| Papyrus: P46 175-225 AD |
| DATING |
| Traditional: 48-55 AD |
| Manuscript: Codex Sinaiticus (Egypt) 330-360 AD |
| Papyrus: P46 175-225 AD |
| DATING |
| Traditional: 80-95 AD |
| Manuscript: Codex Sinaiticus (Egypt) 330-360 AD |
| Papyrus: P46 175-225 AD |
| DATING |
| Traditional: 50-60 AD |
| Manuscript: Codex Sinaiticus (Egypt) 330-360 AD |
| Papyrus: P46 175-225 AD |
| DATING |
| Traditional: 80-95 AD |
| Manuscript: Codex Sinaiticus (Egypt) 330-360 AD |
| Papyrus: P46 175-225 AD |
| DATING |
| Traditional: 50-60 AD |
| Manuscript: Codex Sinaiticus (Egypt) 330-360 AD |
| Papyrus: P46 175-225 AD |
| DATING |
| Traditional: 80-95 AD |
| Manuscript: Codex Sinaiticus (Egypt) 330-360 AD |
| Papyrus: P92 (Egypt) 300 AD |
| DATING |
| Traditional: 62 AD |
| Manuscript: Codex Sinaiticus (Egypt) 330-360 AD |
| Papyrus: P32 (Egypt) 100-300 AD |
| DATING |
| Traditional: 67 AD |
| Manuscript: Codex Sinaiticus (Egypt) 330-360 AD |
| Papyrus: P32 (Egypt) 100-300 AD |
| DATING |
| Traditional: 62 AD |
| Manuscript: Codex Sinaiticus (Egypt) 330-360 AD |
| Papyrus: P32 (Egypt) 100-300 AD |
| DATING |
| Traditional: 50-60 AD |
| Manuscript: Codex Sinaiticus (Egypt) 330-360 AD |
| Papyrus: P87 250 AD |
| DATING |
| Traditional: 70-90 AD |
| Manuscript: Codex Sinaiticus (Egypt) 330-360 AD |
| Papyrus: P46 175-225 AD |
| DATING |
| Traditional: 90-140 AD |
| Manuscript: Codex Sinaiticus (Egypt) 330-360 AD |
| Papyrus: P20 (Egypt) 250-300 AD |
| DATING |
| Traditional: 90-95 AD |
| Manuscript: Codex Sinaiticus (Egypt) 330-360 AD |
| Papyrus: P72 250-350 AD |
| DATING |
| Traditional: 125-150 AD |
| Manuscript: Codex Sinaiticus (Egypt) 330-360 AD |
| Papyrus: P72 250-350 AD |
| DATING |
| Traditional: 90-110 AD |
| Manuscript: Codex Sinaiticus (Egypt) 330-360 AD |
| Papyrus: P9 (Egypt) 250-300 AD |
| DATING |
| Traditional: 90-110 AD |
| Manuscript: Codex Sinaiticus (Egypt) 330-360 AD |
| Papyrus: - |
| DATING |
| Traditional: 90-110 AD |
| Manuscript: Codex Sinaiticus (Egypt) 330-360 AD |
| Papyrus: - |
| DATING |
| Traditional: 90-140 AD |
| Manuscript: Codex Sinaiticus (Egypt) 330-360 AD |
| Papyrus: P72 250-350 AD |
| DATING |
| Traditional: 90-95 AD |
| Manuscript: Codex Sinaiticus (Egypt) 330-360 AD |
| Papyrus: P98 150-200 AD |
The test was carried out in a laboratory at the University of Oxford. The result places the leaves close to the time of the Prophet Muhammad, who is generally thought to have lived between 570 and 632 AD.
The tests carried out on the parchment of the Birmingham folios yield the strong probability that the animal from which it was taken was alive during the lifetime of the Prophet Muhammad or shortly afterwards.
These portions must have been in a form that is very close to the form of the Quran read today, supporting the view that the [Quran] text has undergone little or no alteration and that it can be dated to a point very close to the time it was believed to be revealed.
David Thomas, Professor of Christianity and Islam. University of Birmingham Birmingham University
CREDIT
https://www.biblequery.org/ntmss.html
https://library.duke.edu/rubenstein/scriptorium/papyrus/texts/manuscripts.html
http://www.codexsinaiticus.org/en/
https://callingchristians.com/2017/04/05/a-brief-insight-into-the-new-testaments-prototyping
https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2015/07/quran-manuscript-22-07-15.aspx
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birmingham_Quran_manuscript
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dating_the_Bible
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