a period. Impact on biblical scholarship Along with Codex Vaticanus, Codex Sinaiticus is considered one of the most valuable manuscripts available, as it is one of the oldest and likely closer to the original text of the Greek New Testament. It is the only uncial manuscript with the complete text of the New Testament, and the only ancient manuscript of the New Testament written in four columns per page which has survived to the present day. With only 300 years separating Codex Sinaiticus and the lifetime of Jesus, it is considered by some to be more accurate than most New Testament copies in preserving readings where almost all manuscripts are assumed by them to be in error. For the Gospels, Sinaiticus is considered among some people as the second most reliable witness of the text (after Vaticanus); in the Acts of the Apostles, its text is equal to that of Vaticanus; in the Epistles, Sinaiticus is assumed to be the most reliable witness of the text. In the Book of Revelation, however, its text is corrupted and is considered of poor quality, and inferior to the texts of Codex Alexandrinus, , and even some minuscule manuscripts in this place (for example, Minuscule 2053, 2062). See also Biblical manuscript Codex Sinaiticus Rescriptus Differences between codices Sinaiticus and Vaticanus Fifty Bibles of Constantine List of New Testament uncials Syriac Sinaiticus Notes References Further reading Text of the codex Constantin von Tischendorf, Fragmentum Codicis Friderico-Augustani, in: Monumenta sacra inedita (Leipzig 1855), vol. I, pp. 211 ff. Constantin von Tischendorf: Bibliorum codex Sinaiticus Petropolitanus. Giesecke & Devrient, Leipzig 1862. Introductions to the textual criticism of NT Other works Theodore Cressy Skeat, A four years work on the Codex Sinaiticus: Significant discoveries in reconditioned ms., in: Theodore Cressy Skeat and J. K. Elliott, The collected biblical writings of T. C. Skeat, Brill 2004, pp. 109–118. External links Codex Sinaiticus Project BBC video clip, handling Codex Sinaiticus at the British Library Facsimiles of Codex Sinaiticus Codex Sinaiticus at the Center for the Study of NT Manuscripts (JPG) Codex Sinaiticus digital reproduction at A.P. Manuscripts Codex Sinaiticus: Facsimile Edition () Articles Differences between the Sinaiticus and the KJV Codex Sinaiticus at the Encyclopedia of Textual Criticism'' Codex Sinaiticus page at bible-researcher.com Earlham College facsimile of Codex Sinaiticus Codex Sinaiticus Project at the British Library website Codex Sinaiticus entry for the British Library collection A real-life Bible Code: