Enoch and other “lost books” of the Bible
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A day late and a dollar short? lol
I try to see both sides of discussion. It was my first day reading it, so I'm far from an expert on this. lol
Here is another thing to consider. I'm not a Bible theologian, but if the Codex Sinaiticus is important, according to wiki, the Epistle of Barnabas was part of it. Correct me if I'm wrong.
The Codex Sinaiticus (Shelfmarks and references: London, British Library, Add MS 43725; Gregory-Aland nº א [Aleph] or 01, [Soden δ 2]), or "Sinai Bible", is one of the four great uncial codices, ancient, handwritten copies of a Christian Bible in Greek. The codex is a historical treasure.[1]
The codex is an Alexandrian text-type manuscript written in uncial letters on parchment and dated paleographically to the mid-4th century. Scholarship considers the Codex Sinaiticus to be one of the most important Greek texts of the New Testament, along with the Codex Vaticanus. Until Constantin von Tischendorf's discovery of the Sinaiticus text in 1844, the Codex Vaticanus was unrivaled.[2]
The Codex Sinaiticus came to the attention of scholars in the 19th century at Saint Catherine's Monastery in the Sinai Peninsula, with further material discovered in the 20th and 21st centuries. Although parts of the codex are scattered across four libraries around the world, most of the manuscript is held today in the British Library in London, where it is on public display.[3][4] Since its discovery, study of the Codex Sinaiticus has proven to be useful to scholars for critical studies of biblical text.
While large portions of the Old Testament are missing, it is assumed that the codex originally contained the whole of both Testaments.[5] About half of the Greek Old Testament (or Septuagint) survived, along with a complete New Testament, the entire Deuterocanonical books, the Epistle of Barnabas and portions of The Shepherd of Hermas.[6]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Codex_Sinaiticus
What's even crazier is wiki contradicts itself. Here it says, Epistle of Barnabas was not part of the Codex. So which is it wiki?
Epistle of Barnabas[N 13] No
(Codices Hierosolymitanus and Siniaticus)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Codex_Sinaiticus
Well, we may have our answer.
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Letter-of-Barnabas
Evidently regarded as scriptural in Egypt, the Letter of Barnabas was included in the Codex Sinaiticus, a 4th-century Greek manuscript of the Bible, and it was also quoted by the presbyter St. Clement of Alexandria (died c. 215).
I try to see both sides of discussion. It was my first day reading it, so I'm far from an expert on this. lol
Here is another thing to consider. I'm not a Bible theologian, but if the Codex Sinaiticus is important, according to wiki, the Epistle of Barnabas was part of it. Correct me if I'm wrong.
The Codex Sinaiticus (Shelfmarks and references: London, British Library, Add MS 43725; Gregory-Aland nº א [Aleph] or 01, [Soden δ 2]), or "Sinai Bible", is one of the four great uncial codices, ancient, handwritten copies of a Christian Bible in Greek. The codex is a historical treasure.[1]
The codex is an Alexandrian text-type manuscript written in uncial letters on parchment and dated paleographically to the mid-4th century. Scholarship considers the Codex Sinaiticus to be one of the most important Greek texts of the New Testament, along with the Codex Vaticanus. Until Constantin von Tischendorf's discovery of the Sinaiticus text in 1844, the Codex Vaticanus was unrivaled.[2]
The Codex Sinaiticus came to the attention of scholars in the 19th century at Saint Catherine's Monastery in the Sinai Peninsula, with further material discovered in the 20th and 21st centuries. Although parts of the codex are scattered across four libraries around the world, most of the manuscript is held today in the British Library in London, where it is on public display.[3][4] Since its discovery, study of the Codex Sinaiticus has proven to be useful to scholars for critical studies of biblical text.
While large portions of the Old Testament are missing, it is assumed that the codex originally contained the whole of both Testaments.[5] About half of the Greek Old Testament (or Septuagint) survived, along with a complete New Testament, the entire Deuterocanonical books, the Epistle of Barnabas and portions of The Shepherd of Hermas.[6]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Codex_Sinaiticus
What's even crazier is wiki contradicts itself. Here it says, Epistle of Barnabas was not part of the Codex. So which is it wiki?
Epistle of Barnabas[N 13] No
(Codices Hierosolymitanus and Siniaticus)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Codex_Sinaiticus
Well, we may have our answer.
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Letter-of-Barnabas
Evidently regarded as scriptural in Egypt, the Letter of Barnabas was included in the Codex Sinaiticus, a 4th-century Greek manuscript of the Bible, and it was also quoted by the presbyter St. Clement of Alexandria (died c. 215).
I think this would make a good field trip. To see The Codex Sinaiticus with your own eyes would be humbling. This is probably one of the better threads I have been a part of, learning about the historical origins of the Bible.
The Codex Sinaiticus: The Oldest Surviving Christian New Testament - The Beauty of Books - BBC Four
The Codex Sinaiticus: The Oldest Surviving Christian New Testament - The Beauty of Books - BBC Four
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Sinaiticus is critical to our understanding of the history of the Christian Bible. It is one of the three earliest surviving manuscripts into which the full collection of books (the ‘canon’) found in the Christian Bible was copied, although with some differences from today’s printed Bibles. It contains some additional books which many Protestant Christian denominations place among the Apocrypha of the Old Testament (such as Maccabees and the Wisdom of Sirach), as well as the Epistle of Barnabas (a letter written by an unknown author claiming to be the apostle Barnabas) and a collection of visionary texts known as the Shepherd of Hermas at the end of the New Testament.
https://www.bl.uk/collection-items/codex-sinaiticus
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I personally like the book of Enoch, but use the one called Enoch 1 which comes from the Hebrew translation. For sure part of the book of Enoch was used in the book of Jude. Few others I prefer is Barnabas, Book of Jasher/Jashar which is mentioned twice in the bible, early church fathers Irenaeus and Hippolytus as well as Polycarp who wrote letters to the mother of Jesus. Book of Enoch was the second most quoted scrolls among the Dead sea scrolls
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