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Constantin von Tischendorf

Lobegott Friedrich Constantin (von) Tischendorf (18 January 1815 – 7 December 1874) was a German biblical scholar. In 1844, he discovered the world's oldest and most complete Bible dated to around the mid-4th century and called Codex Sinaiticus after Saint Catherine's Monastery at Mount Sinai.

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Constantin von Tischendorf

Lobegott Friedrich Constantin (von) Tischendorf

(1815-01-18)18 January 1815
Lengenfeld, Kingdom of Saxony

7 December 1874(1874-12-07) (aged 59)

Leipzig, Saxony, German Empire

German

theology

Tischendorf was made an honorary doctor by the University of Oxford on 16 March 1865, and by the University of Cambridge on 9 March 1865 following his discovery.[1] While a student gaining his academic degree in the 1840s, he earned international recognition when he deciphered the Codex Ephraemi Rescriptus, a 5th-century Greek manuscript of the New Testament.

Death[edit]

Lobegott Friedrich Constantin (von) Tischendorf died in Leipzig on 7 December 1874, aged 59.[15]

Codex Sinaiticus[edit]

The Codex Sinaiticus contains a 4th-century manuscript of New Testament texts. Two other Bibles of similar age exist, though they are less complete: Codex Vaticanus in the Vatican Library and Codex Alexandrinus, currently owned by the British Library. The Codex Sinaiticus is deemed by some to be the most important surviving New Testament manuscript, as no older manuscript is as nearly complete as the Codex. The codex can be viewed in the British Library in London, or as a digitized version on the Internet.[16]

Tischendorf's motivation[edit]

Throughout his life Tischendorf sought old biblical manuscripts, as he saw it as his task to give theology a Greek New Testament which was based on the oldest possible scriptures. He intended to be as close as possible to the original sources. Tischendorf's greatest discovery was in the monastery of Saint Catherine on the Sinai Peninsula, which he visited in May 1844, and again in 1853 and 1859 (as Russian envoy).


In 1862 Tischendorf published the text of the Codex Sinaiticus for the 1000th Anniversary of the Russian Monarchy in both an illustrious four-volume facsimile edition and in a less costly text edition, to enable all scholars to have access to the Codex.


Tischendorf pursued a constant course of editorial labours, mainly on the New Testament, until he was broken down by overwork in 1873.[4] His motive, as explained in a publication on Tischendorf's Letter by Prof. Christfried Boettrich (Leipzig University, Prof. of Theology), was to prove scientifically that the words of the Bible were trustfully transmitted over centuries.de:Christfried Böttrich

Lipsiae 1843

Codex Ephraemi Syri rescriptus, sive Fragmenta Novi Testamenti

Lipsiae 1845

Codex Ephraemi Syri rescriptus, sive Fragmenta Veteris Testamenti

(Leipzig 1860)

Notitia editionis codicis Bibliorum Sinaitici

(Leipzig 1861)

Anecdota sacra et profana

List of New Testament papyri

List of New Testament uncials

Agnes and Margaret Smith

Editio Octava Critica Maior

Black, Matthew, and Robert Davidson, Constantin von Tischendorf and the Greek New Testament Glasgow: University of Glasgow Press, 1981.

Böttrich, Christfried (2011). Der Jahrhundertfund. Entdeckung und Geschichte des Codex Sinaiticus (The Discovery of the Century. Discovery and history of Codex Sinaiticus). Leipzig: . ISBN 978-3-374-02586-2.

Evangelische Verlagsanstalt

: "One Story – Different Perspectives. The Case of the Codex Sinaiticus", in: Codex Sinaiticus - New Perspectives on the Ancient Biblical Manuscript, Scot McKendrick, David Parker, Amy David Myshrall, Cillian O'Hogan (Hg.), London 2015 (Papers from the Sinaticus-Conference July 2009 in the British Library London).

Christfried Böttrich

Porter, Stanley E. (2015). Constantine Tischendorf. The Life and Work of a 19th Century Bible Hunter. London: Bloomsbury T&T Clark.  978-0-5676-5803-6.

ISBN

Schick, Alexander (2015). Tischendorf und die älteste Bibel der Welt - Die Entdeckung des CODEX SINAITICUS im Katharinenkloster (Tischendorf and the oldest Bible in the world - The discovery of the Codex Sinaiticus in St. Catherine's Monastery – Biography cause of the anniversary of the 200th birthday of Tischendorf with many unpublished documents from his estate. These provide insight into previously unknown details of the discoveries and the reasons behind the donation of the manuscript. Recent research on Tischendorf and the Codex Sinaiticus and its significance for New Testament Textual Research). Muldenhammer: Jota.  978-3-935707-83-1.

ISBN

In addition to the handbooks on New Testament criticism, Carl Bertheau's article on Tischendorf in Herzog-Hauck, Realencyklopädie (3rd ed., 1907)

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the : Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Tischendorf, Lobegott Friedrich Konstantin von". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 26 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 1014.

public domain

THE HISTORY OF THE ACQUISITION OF THE SINAI BIBLE BY THE RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT IN THE CONTEXT OF RECENT FINDINGS IN RUSSIAN ARCHIVES1, A.V. Zakharova

Bibliographie Konstantin von Tischendorf (1815–1874), Christfried Bőttrich

Tischendorf Lesebuch, Christfried Bőttrich, 1999

Tischendorf Erinnerungen, Ludwig Schneller, Verlag der St-Johannis Druckerei, Schweickhardt, Lahr-Dinglingen, 1991

Various Tischendorf publications from Christfried Bőttrich

Tischendorf. V. Various Works. Codices, Synoptics, Testaments, Anecdotes, Criticism. 12 vols. 1845–1880

at the Internert Archive

Monumenta sacra inedita. Nova Collectio, 1–6 volumes (1857–1870)

Internet Archive

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