Codex Sinaiticus & Vaticanus - Corruption in the KJV Bible books

Codex Vaticanus, a manuscript dated 325-350 AD, contains the earliest complete copy of the New Testament Bible.

The table below lists the King James Bible (KJV) books that conflict with the relatively recent Biblical manuscript discoveries, the Codex Sinaiticus and Codex Vaticanus.


Vaticanus
Oldest Bible

Codex Vaticanus is regarded as the oldest extant manuscript of the Greek Bible dated to 325-350 AD.

Vaticanus is named after its place of conservation in the Vatican Library. In the 19th century, Bible scholars studying the Codex Vaticanus realized the texts differed significantly from the Latin Vulgate ('Textus Receptus').

Vaticanus may have been one of the 50 Bibles commissioned by Emperor Constantine in 331 AD.
Sinaiticus
Old Bible

Codex Sinaiticus is an ancient, handwritten copy of the Greek Bible dated to 330-360 AD.

Discovered in 1850 by Constantin von Tischendorf, a German evolutionist theologian, at St. Catherine's Monastery at Mount Sinai.

Sinaiticus is an Alexandrian text-type manuscript written on parchment. Currently stored in the British Library, London.

Sinaiticus is an invaluable resource for critical studies of biblical text.

Codex Sinaiticus may have been one of the 50 Bibles commissioned by Emperor Constantine in 331 AD.
King James (KJV)
Popular

Published in 1611 by the Church of England, the King James Bible (KJV) is an English translation of the Christian Bible.

Under King James I, 47 translators used the Textus Receptus ('Majority text') manuscripts for their English Bible.

Since 1611, older, more accurate Bible manuscripts have been discovered; the Codex Sinaiticus and Vaticanus.

The books of the King James Version include the 39 books of the Old Testament, an intertestamental section containing 14 books of the Apocrypha, and the 27 books of the New Testament.

Vaticanus Oldest Bible Sinaiticus Old Bible KJV Bible Popular
Released 1828 AD 1850 AD 1611 AD
Earliest Manuscripts Used Codex Vaticanus
325 AD 1		 Codex Sinaiticus
330 AD 2		 Codex Alexandrinus
400 AD 7 8

Gospels
Matthew
Mark
Luke
John

Acts
Acts
Shepherd of Hermas

Paulines Letters to Churches
Romans
1 Corinthians
2 Corinthians
Galatians
Ephesians
Philippians
Colossians
1 Thessalonians
2 Thessalonians

Pauline Letters to Persons
1 Timothy
2 Timothy
Titus
Philemon

Pauline Letters to Hebrews
Hebrews

Letters - Other

James
1 Peter
2 Peter
Jude
Barnabas

Johannine Works

1 John
2 John
3 John

Apocalyptic

Revelation

Total NT Books

Torah
Genesis
3
4
6
Exodus
Leviticus
Numbers
Deuteronomy

Prophets
Joshua
Judges
Ruth
1 Samuel
2 Samuel
1 Kings
2 Kings
1 Chronicles
2 Chronicles
Prayer of Manasseh
1 Esdras
Ezra (2 Esdras)
Nehemiah (2 Esdras)
Esther
Tobit
Judith
1 Maccabees
2 Maccabees
3 Maccabees
4 Maccabees

Writings
Job
Psalms
Proverbs
Ecclesiastes
Song of Solomon
Wisdom
Sirach
Apocryphal Psalms of Solomon
Prologue to Ecclesiasticus
Ecclesiasticus

Major Prophets
Isaiah
Jeremiah
Lamentations
Baruch
Letter of Jeremiah
Ezekiel
Daniel

Minor Prophets
Hosea
Joel
Amos
Obadiah
Jonah
Micah
Nahum
Habakkuk
Zephaniah
Haggai
Zechariah
Malachi

Total OT Books

  


Summary

The Codex Sinaiticus and Vaticanus are the oldest, complete Bibles available today.

When compared to the King James (KJV) bible, or any other Bible version, many conflicting and 'confusing' attestations and omissions are presented.

When, why, where or how were entire Bible books added and removed from God's Scripture?

It is beyond the scope of this article to explore the above question. Biblical scholarship documents and acknowledges the above book changes.

CREDIT
1 http://www.jeffriddle.net/2015/02/the-new-testament-books-in-vaticanus.html
2 http://blogs.bl.uk/digitisedmanuscripts/2011/08/the-new-testament-in-codex-sinaiticus.html
3 http://www.jeffriddle.net/2015/02/old-testament-book-list-for-codex.html
4 http://www.emanueltov.info/docs/varia/272.sinaiticus.pdf
5 https://www.wordplanet.org/drc/
6 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Testament
7 http://symeon-anthony.info/BibleCanon/Alexandrinus/CodexAlexandrinus.html
8 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_books_of_the_King_James_Version

https://steemit.com/bible/@stan/why-i-m-returning-to-the-king-james-bible-part-2
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