Stephan Huller brought up Sinaiticus questions to David Trobisch earlier. Apparently David is skeptical about the usually accepted fourth century date, thinking it was a century or two later. (In the 1800s this was a common position.) Yet afaik had never put that into any public writings. Maybe he could go on the record? And give any reasons, conjectures or thoughts. That would be really neat.
Or is any questioning too problematic for scholars involved in the literature that is largely connected to the British Library and their access? Hmm....
Here is the most recent pub:
Codex Sinaiticus: New Perspectives on the Ancient Biblical Manuscript (2015)
Codex Sinaiticus and the Formation of the Christian Bible - David Trobisch
http://g.christianbook.com/g/pdf/hp/978 ... 7-ch01.pdf
The article itself (not online) from David is good, while a bit milquetoast, it has small parts on nomina sacra, book order and such.
Also David Trobisch had not really considered any possibility of Sinaiticus being a modern production, and had basically passed on that question, when asked by Stephan.
Now, with the physical condition of the manuscript being available (
http://www.sinaiticus.net ) in new ways like composite pictures, and it being easy to see that the St. Petersburg pages were coloured by 1859-1862 (while the earlier heist, the 1844 Leipzig pages, remained "snow-white" parchment, both are "exceptional" in condition) .. maybe he would revisit this question?
Thanks!
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"White sheep or calves and goats will tend to produce white parchment, whereas animals with darker coats will produce parchment showing shadowy brown patterns. ... The colour of parchment varies with animal type, making process and condition or state of decline.
New parchment can be near white but as it ages or is exposed to detrimental factors it will start to yellow and go brown-black if left to degrade completely. The colour change can also be influenced by the type of degradation and degree of gelatinization. (see fig. 14)"
Parchment Assessment of the Codex Sinaiticus Gavin Moorhead - May 2009
http://codexsinaiticus.org/en/project/c ... hment.aspx
After 1650 supposed years, with 1,000 years of conjectured heavy use in multiple locations, the 1844 Leipzig Germany "CFA" Codex Friderico-Augustanus pages are still nice and white.
When will they ever turn?
When will they ever learn?
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Here is a picture of David Parker handing over the
smoothed color facsimile to the SBL:
http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/ac ... imile.aspx
Did anybody care that they yellowed the Leipzig pages to even things out in the "color facsimile"?
Are the academic and textual scholars today truly independent, or is there a bit of a club? Where you don't rock the boat.
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Steven Avery
Dutchess County, NY