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In addition to the now standard 27 books of the New Testament, Sinaiticus includes the Letter of Barnabas and most of the Shepherd of Hermas. The Old Testament given in the codex is a Greek translation called the [[Septuagint]]. This is the version of scripture quoted by Jesus and the apostles. Sinaiticus has several works now classified as apocryphal, including 2 Esdras, Tobit, Judith, 1 and 4 Maccabees, Wisdom, and Sirach.

In addition to the now standard 27 books of the New Testament, Sinaiticus includes the Letter of Barnabas and most of the Shepherd of Hermas. The Old Testament given in the codex is a Greek translation called the [[Septuagint]]. This is the version of scripture quoted by Jesus and the apostles. Sinaiticus has several works now classified as apocryphal, including 2 Esdras, Tobit, Judith, 1 and 4 Maccabees, Wisdom, and Sirach.

In 1975, the [[monk]]s of St. Catherine discovered numerous parchment fragments. Among these fragments were twelve missing leaves from the Codex Sinaiticus. The Codex Sinaiticus is the oldest complete Bible to go online.<ref>http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4739369.stm</ref>

In 1975, the [[monk]]s of St. Catherine discovered numerous parchment fragments. Among these fragments were twelve missing leaves from the Codex Sinaiticus. In July 2009, the Codex Sinaiticus Project used color digitized images of leaves kept at four institutions to united the codex online.<ref>''[http://codexsinaiticus.org/en/ The Codex Sinaiticus Website]''</ref><ref>"[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4739369.stm Oldest known Bible to go online]," ''BBC'', 3 August 2005.</ref>

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