A “hidden chapter” of biblical text that is said to date back 1,750 years has been interpreted by an Austrian scientist, according to a study published last month in the journal New Testament Studies.
Grigory Kessel, a medievalist from the Austrian Academy of Sciences, used ultraviolet photography to analyze the Syriac translation of the Bible’s Matthew chapters 11 and 12 underneath three layers of text in a manuscript.
“The tradition of Syriac Christianity knows several translations of the Old and New Testaments,” Kessel said in a statement.
“Until recently, only two manuscripts were known to contain the Old Syriac translation of the gospels.”
Read more at https://nypost.com/2023/04/11/hidden-bible-chapter-rediscovered-1750-years-later-with-uv-light/
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