"Take the sum of the children of Caath from the midst of the sons of Levi, after their families, according to the houses of their fathers' households;"
This manuscript consists of fragile parchment fragments containing portions of the Book of Numbers, discovered in Cave 2 at Qumran in 1952. Written in a clear Herodian square script dating to the first century AD, it stands as an important early physical witness to the preservation of the biblical text.
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Codex Vaticanus
2 of 3B
LanguageGreek
Earliest Date~AD 300 (Early to Mid-4th Century AD)
Current LocationVatican Library, Vatican City
Found LocationUnknown
Scribal Context & Details
Codex Vaticanus is one of the oldest and most valuable surviving manuscripts of the complete Greek Bible. It has been securely housed in the Vatican Library since at least the late 15th century and is celebrated for its elegant script written on very high-quality vellum.
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Codex Alexandrinus
3 of 3A
LanguageGreek
Earliest Date~AD 400 (5th Century (c. 400-440 CE))
Current LocationBritish Library, London
Found LocationAlexandria, Egypt
Scribal Context & Details
Codex Alexandrinus is one of the four great uncial codices of the Greek Bible. It contains the vast majority of the Septuagint and New Testament, and was the first of the great uncials to become accessible to modern scholars.
