Important 6th-Century Bible Manuscript, Presumed Lost, Rediscovered
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Thanks to new techniques, Scottish scientists have been able to reconstruct texts from the New Testament dating back to the 6th century that were thought to be lost. Experts are calling it a "magnificent find".
"Spectacular," is what Bert Jan Lietaert Peerbolte, Professor of New Testament at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, calls the discovery.
Major biblical discovery in 2026: 42 lost pages of the New Testament manuscript discovered - ZENIT
(ZENIT News / Glasgow, 05.05.2026).- An international team of academics led by Professor Garrick Allen at the University of Glasgow has successfully recovered 42 lost pages from one of the world’s most important early New Testament manuscripts: Codex H. The manuscript, a 6th-century copy of the Letters of St Paul, was lost to history when it was disassembled at the Great Lavra Monastery on Mount Athos, Greece, in the 13th century. Its pages were…
A team of researchers managed to recover 42 pages hidden in codex H, one of the most important New Testament manuscripts in the world.
What does the discovery of the 42 pages hidden in codex H reveal, one of the most important New Testament manuscripts in the world? Explanations by Garrick Allen, professor of theology and biblical exegesis at the University of Glasgow (Scotland), who supervised the research program.
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