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July 22, 2007- Ancient Bible goes online; personal excitement, and doubt, ensue Ancient version of the Bible goes online More than 1,600 years after it was written, one of the oldest copies of the Bible will become accessible online. 
I'm all for this. It's super exciting too to know I'll be able to read it with the
click of a mouse. In fact I love this kind of stuff…and it does wonders
for Biblical apologetics and consistency, shooting down all those conspiracy theories that the Bible is totally different
today then when it was back in the early 2nd and 3rd Centuries. But there is a nagging frustration that the Codex
Sinaiticus has always irked me with…the omission of Mark 16:9-20; aka "the Resurrection story".
The Codex Sinaiticus (circa 350 A.D.) version of Mark does not recount the Resurrection story at the end of Mark (considered the earliest written Gospel). That why after Mark 16:8 you get the message something like *[The earliest manuscripts and some other ancient witnesses do not have Mark 16:9-20] Mark 16:9-20's absence leads many to believe the whole Resurrection story was a fabrication of later handlers of the Biblical texts - for whatever reason; they vary. I tend to agree; holding just this instance as evidence. I mean how could the writer of Mark leave out such a significant…I take that back, thee most significant event of the whole Gospels? Obviously I'm aware of a lot of the Resurrection myth rebuttals, and they are sound and true (see article below), but it's just annoying that even this seemingly textual inconsistency exists. Why does it seem so hard to defend the faith sometimes? I guess I just need to do some more textual and historical research into the matter. Sigh...Jesus please come soon...this afternoon... If Christ Has Not Been Raised: Reasoning Through the Resurrection by Kenneth Richard Samples Recommended reading: The Historical Reliability of the Gospels by Craig L. Blomberg (I've met him)  The Codex Sinaiticus |
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