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06/10/2008

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The story of the Codex Sinaiticus found in 1844 in a monastery in the Sinai desert.

Roger Bolton tells the amazing story of the Codex Sinaiticus, found in 1844 in a monastery in the Sinai desert. From October 2008.

Roger Bolton tells the story of the Codex Sinaiticus, the world's oldest bible, found in 1844 in a monastery in the Sinai Desert. It is soon to become one of the British Library's greatest treasures and accessible to a worldwide audience. Its history is contentious, and its contents controversial.

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