The discovery of the Sinaitic codex, narrated by its discoverer.

Abstract

The Codex Sinaiticus (represented in the critical editions with the Latin letter S or the Hebrew aleph: א) is a Greek manuscript in codex form written in capital letters, with a text arranged in four columns. Although found in fragmentary form, it preserved almost complete the text of the Old and New Testaments, and other extracanonical documents such as the Epistle of Barnabas and the Shepherd of Hermas. Of the witnesses in format codex of the biblical scripture, is the most complete ancient text; it is dated in the fourth century AD. It was discovered in 1844 by Constantine von Tischendorf in the Monastery of St. Catherine, at the foot of Mount Sinai in Egypt.

Despite its importance in the studies of textual criticism and reconstruction of the biblical text, the story of this discovery is little known, and has not been fully translated to Spanish. This translation has its origin in the narration made by the same Tischendorf, first published in English as part of the book When Were Our Gospels Written? An Argument by Constantine Tischendorf. With a Narrative of the Discovery of the Sinaitic Manuscript. It was originally published in New York for the American Tract Society, in 1866.