New Testament Tools, Studies and Documents Codex Sinaiticus Arabicus Its Family

Codex Sinaiticus Arabicus preserves a translation of the Gospels from Greek into Arabic that differs markedly from the Majority Text. This study uses phylogenetics and other digital methods explore the history and significance of this important version. Arabic versions of the New Testament have been overlooked for too long. The Sinai New Finds of 1975 unearthed Codex Sinaiticus Arabicus which preserves an Arabic translation of the Gospels differing markedly from the Majority Text. Here Robert Turnbull undertakes a wide-ranging study of this version, discovering many lectionary manuscripts with the same text. Several open-access datasets are made available. Bayesian phylogenetics and other computational techniques are used to draw insights into the transmission history of this version and its place in the wider New Testament textual tradition. This Arabic version will be indispensable in future textual scholarship on the Gospels.