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02-07-2009 , 01:10 PM

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"Ancient" Syriac Bible found in Cyprus

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02-07-2009 , 01:20 PM

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Experts said the use of gold lettering on the manuscript was likely to date it later than 2,000 years.

"I'd suspect that it is most likely to be less than 1,000 years old," leading expert Peter Williams, Warden of Tyndale House, University of Cambridge told Reuters.

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After further scrutiny of photographs of the book, manuscripts specialist at the University of Cambridge library and Fellow of Wolfson College JF Coakley suggested that the book could have been written a good deal later.

"The Syriac writing seems to be in the East Syriac script with vowel points, and you do not find such manuscripts before about the 15th century.

"On the basis of the one photo...if I'm not mistaken some words at least seem to be in modern Syriac, a language that was not written down until the mid-19th century," he told Reuters.

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02-07-2009 , 01:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Hopey

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Yes Hopey, I did read the whole thing before I posted it and am aware of what it says. I just thought it was interesting. Maybe something will come out of it, maybe not.

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02-07-2009 , 01:27 PM

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Originally Posted by BigErf

Maybe something will come out of it, maybe not.

like what?

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02-07-2009 , 01:32 PM

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like what?

"Experts were however divided over the provenance of the manuscript, and whether it was an original, which would render it priceless, or a fake."

This might suggest further examination needs to take place. So let's wait and see.

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02-07-2009 , 01:59 PM

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Here's another image from the China Daily:

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