Who Faked the "World’s Oldest Bible"?


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The crime is fraud, and you’re the detective! If the devil has cooked up a plot against your Bible, would you want to know it? In this book, you'll discover the evidence that reveals a much larger plot. (Read More)



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The crime is fraud, and you’re the detective!

  • You have the tools.
  • You have a list of possible suspects.
  • All the evidence is available to you.

What will you find out?

  • Who is telling the truth?
  • Who is lying?
  • What does the evidence reveal?

You'll discover the truth!

  • The facts are at your fingertips.
  • So, who faked the ‘World’s Oldest Bible’?
  • By the time you finish this book, you’ll know!

Who's guilty of fraud?


If the devil has cooked up a plot against your Bible, would you want to know it?

Conspiracy theories are destroyed by solid evidence.

Author David W. Daniels came to the point where he could no longer ignore the mounting evidence. He was schooled in Bible college and seminary to believe that the King James was hopelessly obsolete. But the mounting confusion around the new Bible translations left him wondering.

He already knew how to use modern search techniques to quickly discover relevant evidence. He soon learned that the Bible version issue was more than a baseless conspiracy. Many new facts had become available shedding light on the history of Bible versions. He learned that the scholars who decided over 100 years ago to “fix” the King James may not have had the best intentions.

His discovery of Satan’s plan to damage God’s words is chronicled in a series of books. In 2017, his book, "Is the 'World’s Oldest Bible' a Fake?" presented heavy evidence against Codex Sinaiticus, the manuscript that scholars claim is the world’s oldest Bible.

This book attempts to answer the next question: Who Faked the “World’s Oldest Bible”?

It reads like a mystery novel, but over 100 illustrations and more than 300 footnotes gives it the force of a graduate research paper. The murky narrative of the discovery and evaluation of the Sinaiticus becomes much clearer with this new book.

Daniels leaves it up to the reader to decide how this might affect his or her eternal destiny.


BOOK REVIEW

David, I have just now completed reading, Who Faked the 'World's Oldest Bible?' I loved it and want to make these observations:


  1. It was an interesting read and easy to follow.
  2. I like your purposeful informal style of communication. It was not "scholarly" and stuffy but down to earth and expressed with your personality.
  3. It was well researched and documented for the reader to verify for themselves.
  4. You raised the issue of personal salvation to the reader, challenging them to search their heart and accept Christ.

I pray God's blessing on this groundbreaking endeavor that presents much needed documentation on the vital subject of "the oldest and best manuscripts" and pray people's eyes will be opened concerning the lie promoted by Westcott and Hort.


I would hope some in academia would see the big lie they uncritically accepted from professors in Bible college and seminary and help bring about a revival of the truth of God's preserved word, that it still exists and produces faith in those who dare to believe.


Dr. Joseph Harris

Director, Mississippi Baptist Bible Institute


Author David W. Daniels reveals what you will learn from this book:


Don't miss part 1 of the story of the devil's plot against your Bible!

Before you learn WHO faked the "World's Oldest Bible" (Codex Sinaiticus), you need to see the proof that the Sinaiticus IS a fake.

Bible "scholars" claim it is an ancient Bible text and so modern Bibles are based on it and have changed or removed verses because of its contents. However, the evidence shows it is actually a 19th century fake!


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Table of Contents

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Chapter 1: Codex Sinaiticus claims to be the oldest Bible!

  • The Emperor's New Clothes
  • Faith in the Unseen (Finding the Dead Sea Scrolls)
  • Et Tu, Sinaiticus?
  • So Where Do We Start? (Look at the Sinaiticus)
  • Find Older Descriptions of the Sinaiticus
  • Question Everything
  • My Story
  • My Checklist
  • A Starting Question
  • Are You Willing to Take the Plunge?

Chapter 2: Why Was Tischendorf Silent?

  • An Innocent Meeting? (May 1843)
  • The Price of Pleasing the Pope
  • “A Work to do in England” (1833)
  • “But I still haven’t found what I’m looking for”
  • What Did Tischendorf Want from the Pope?
  • Tischendorf, the Story: Origins
  • Tischendorf: His Life’s Purpose (1838)
  • Planned from Graduation
  • An Hereditary Sin?
  • Is “Older” “Better”?
  • It Matters Who They Were!
  • Is the Majority Wrong?
  • Tischendorf's Correction
  • Tischendorf's threefold path
  • Tischendorf's stated goal
  • Tischendorf's Candy-Coated Carrot
  • Why Vaticanus Motivated Tischendorf
  • Locked-in to Lachmann
  • Tischendorf's Ethics
  • Tischendorf, the Story: Building a Reputation
  • My Motivation in All of This
  • Life after College
  • Cardinal Mai: Not My Cardinal
  • A Plug from Hug
  • Mai's, Not Yours
  • Does God Want This?
  • Tischendorf's Testimony
  • Corrupt Kyrillos
  • What Tischendorf Took

Chapter 3: Tischendorf's Big Mistake

  • A Lesson in Book Design
  • Quire Practice
  • Tischendorf's First Cut
  • Tischendorf's Second Cut
  • Tischendorf's Wrong Cut
  • The Importance of the Colophon
  • Tischendorf and the Archimandrite (1845)
  • Archimandrite Porfiry Uspensky
  • Tischendorf's Parting Shot
  • Tischendorf's 1853 Visit

Chapter 4: Three Guys and Two Places

  • How an Occultist Got Me Thinking
  • The Cast of Characters

Chapter 5: What are the Facts?

  • Nine Important Letters
  • Kallinikos, Simonides and Benedict Were Real Guys
  • Sinaiticus Was Stained
  • Tischendorf Charged with Theft

Chapter 6: A Fair Trial for Simonides

  • Why They Needed Simonides to Be a “Liar”
  • Not Maybe Will Be —but Already Done!
  • Tischendorf: A Real Liar
  • Where’s the Evidence?

Chapter 7: Fake History?

  • An Evil Genius?
  • Four Guidelines
  • Four Levels of Certainty
  • Simonides’ Story about Benedict
  • Welcome to the Town of Cydoniae
  • A School for “Orphans”
  • The Academy of Cydoniae
  • Is Cydoniae Really a Heap of Ruins?
  • More Than a School for Orphans?
  • The Patriarchate vs the Progressives
  • Vissarion of Symi
  • Benedict was a radical
  • Benedict? Or Basileios Bessarion?
  • Vissarion of Symi (1784-1819)
  • Veniamin of Lesbos (1799-1812)
  • An un-Orthodox Bible
  • Benedict on Athos: Esphigmenou (1819-21)
  • War Interrupts (1821-31)
  • Benedict: from Athos to the Isle of Kalavria (1821-28)
  • Benedict under Kapodistrias (1828-31)
  • Back to Athos: to Panteleimon
  • Their Reaction to Finding the Library
  • Evidence of Simonides in 1837?
  • Benedict: 1837-1839

Chapter 8: Raising Rebels

  • Freemasonry and Greek Independence
  • Enlightenment vs Reformation
  • Enlightenment vs Greek Orthodox
  • Everyone vs The Bible
  • Gathering the Pieces
  • Simonides Was No Commoner
  • Sinaiticus Contains Evidence of Gnosticism
  • A Bigger Plan

Chapter 9: Is Constantine Simonides For Real?

  • The Bragging Contest
  • The Four Guidelines
  • The Four Levels of Certainty
  • When and Where Was Simonides Born?
  • Who is right, and how do we know?
  • What Did Simonides Say about His Birth?
  • Monastery of the Taxiarchs?
  • Which Photios Is Which?
  • A Case in Point: Verifying The Satan Seller
  • A Red Flag
  • Timeline Troubles
  • Some Simple Questions
  • Bonus Points
  • Simonides on a Timeline
  • Simonides’ Upbringing
  • Where Did He Go? And Who Taught Him?
  • The Isle of Aegina
  • Simonides’ Instructors
  • Neophytos Ducas
  • Grigorios Konstantas

Chapter 10: Does Simonides’ Story Make Sense?

  • The Basic Story
  • Precious Hidden Books
  • Barnabas Exposes the Fake
  • But wait, there’s more!
  • What Did Simonides Expect?
  • Benedict’s Project
  • My Theory
  • The Timeline Is Everything
  • Details of Simonides’ Story: (1839-41)
  • The Wright Story? Or the Right Story?
  • Scrivener’s Summary
  • Translation Troubles
  • Wright Was Wrong
  • What Kallinikos Knew: (1840-59)
  • Kallinikos’ Encounters
  • Kallinikos saw Simonides working on the Sinaiticus
  • Kallinikos knew the plan
  • Kallinikos Knew the Extent of Corrections to the Codex
  • Kallinikos saw Tischendorf with the Codex in 1844
  • Simonides Smelled the Plot
  • A Codex, Not Loose Sheets in a Basket
  • Simonides Given a Limited Time to Respond
  • Tischendorf Saw the Codex Numerous Times
  • Tischendorf's Insincere Promises
  • Kallinikos Was a Primary or Secondary Eyewitness
  • Kallinikos Knew Simonides Worked on the Codex Twice
  • Kallinikos Saw Simonides’ Signatures
  • Simonides’ Signatures: Setting the Timeline
  • When were they cut out?
  • When were they written?
  • My Theory - Stages of Sinaiticus: (1840-44)

Chapter 11: The Big Heist (1859)

  • Licking His Wounds
  • Did Someone Else Get It?
  • Hatching a Plan
  • Saxon Connections
  • The Philanthropist and the Philanderer
  • Russian Regality and Rubles
  • Quickly to Cairo!
  • Swiftly to St. Catherine’s!
  • Cornering Kyrillos
  • Further Facts
  • Conflict in Cairo (A New Position for Kyrillos)
  • A Failed First Attempt
  • Success for the Saxon
  • The English Offer
  • Copying the Codex
  • Gift Exchange?
  • The Other Cyril
  • A Political Preference
  • Russians Rush in
  • A Decade of Uncertainty: (1859-69)
  • Vaticanus Victory?
  • Secure Sinaiticus?
  • Criminal Kyrillos?
  • Russian Troubles
  • Monk Troubles
  • Callistratus Troubles
  • Cyril II vs Cyril/Kyrillos (1865-67)
  • Troubled Tischendorf (1868)
  • Fed-up Ignatieff
  • Callistratus and the Codex
  • What About Germanus?

Chapter 12: A Tale of Two Worlds (1862-1863)

  • A Ripple in the Pond
  • Why Was Simonides So Confident?
  • A Multi-Signed Codex
  • A Teenager’s Trip-Up
  • Correct Labeling
  • A Senseless Skip
  • A Sloppy Note
  • A Simple Challenge
  • The Easiest Person to Find
  • Simonides’ Big Lie
  • Lie #1
  • Lie #2
  • Why Did Simonides Lie?

Conclusion: The Rest of the Story

  • The Example of Luke
  • So Who Really Faked Sinaiticus?

Appendix A: Timeline of Events

Appendix B: Simonides’ Introduction to Barnabas

Appendix C: Tregelles on the Arabic Notes

Bibliography

Index

Picture Acknowledgements

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Chapter 1: Codex Sinaiticus claims to be the oldest Bible!

  • The Emperor's New Clothes
  • Faith in the Unseen (Finding the Dead Sea Scrolls)
  • Et Tu, Sinaiticus?
  • So Where Do We Start? (Look at the Sinaiticus)
  • Find Older Descriptions of the Sinaiticus
  • Question Everything
  • My Story
  • My Checklist
  • A Starting Question
  • Are You Willing to Take the Plunge?

Chapter 2: Why Was Tischendorf Silent?

  • An Innocent Meeting? (May 1843)
  • The Price of Pleasing the Pope
  • “A Work to do in England” (1833)
  • “But I still haven’t found what I’m looking for”
  • What Did Tischendorf Want from the Pope?
  • Tischendorf, the Story: Origins
  • Tischendorf: His Life’s Purpose (1838)
  • Planned from Graduation
  • An Hereditary Sin?
  • Is “Older” “Better”?
  • It Matters Who They Were!
  • Is the Majority Wrong?
  • Tischendorf's Correction
  • Tischendorf's threefold path
  • Tischendorf's stated goal
  • Tischendorf's Candy-Coated Carrot
  • Why Vaticanus Motivated Tischendorf
  • Locked-in to Lachmann
  • Tischendorf's Ethics
  • Tischendorf, the Story: Building a Reputation
  • My Motivation in All of This
  • Life after College
  • Cardinal Mai: Not My Cardinal
  • A Plug from Hug
  • Mai's, Not Yours
  • Does God Want This?
  • Tischendorf's Testimony
  • Corrupt Kyrillos
  • What Tischendorf Took

Chapter 3: Tischendorf's Big Mistake

  • A Lesson in Book Design
  • Quire Practice
  • Tischendorf's First Cut
  • Tischendorf's Second Cut
  • Tischendorf's Wrong Cut
  • The Importance of the Colophon
  • Tischendorf and the Archimandrite (1845)
  • Archimandrite Porfiry Uspensky
  • Tischendorf's Parting Shot
  • Tischendorf's 1853 Visit

Chapter 4: Three Guys and Two Places

  • How an Occultist Got Me Thinking
  • The Cast of Characters

Chapter 5: What are the Facts?

  • Nine Important Letters
  • Kallinikos, Simonides and Benedict Were Real Guys
  • Sinaiticus Was Stained
  • Tischendorf Charged with Theft

Chapter 6: A Fair Trial for Simonides

  • Why They Needed Simonides to Be a “Liar”
  • Not Maybe Will Be —but Already Done!
  • Tischendorf: A Real Liar
  • Where’s the Evidence?

Chapter 7: Fake History?

  • An Evil Genius?
  • Four Guidelines
  • Four Levels of Certainty
  • Simonides’ Story about Benedict
  • Welcome to the Town of Cydoniae
  • A School for “Orphans”
  • The Academy of Cydoniae
  • Is Cydoniae Really a Heap of Ruins?
  • More Than a School for Orphans?
  • The Patriarchate vs the Progressives
  • Vissarion of Symi
  • Benedict was a radical
  • Benedict? Or Basileios Bessarion?
  • Vissarion of Symi (1784-1819)
  • Veniamin of Lesbos (1799-1812)
  • An un-Orthodox Bible
  • Benedict on Athos: Esphigmenou (1819-21)
  • War Interrupts (1821-31)
  • Benedict: from Athos to the Isle of Kalavria (1821-28)
  • Benedict under Kapodistrias (1828-31)
  • Back to Athos: to Panteleimon
  • Their Reaction to Finding the Library
  • Evidence of Simonides in 1837?
  • Benedict: 1837-1839

Chapter 8: Raising Rebels

  • Freemasonry and Greek Independence
  • Enlightenment vs Reformation
  • Enlightenment vs Greek Orthodox
  • Everyone vs The Bible
  • Gathering the Pieces
  • Simonides Was No Commoner
  • Sinaiticus Contains Evidence of Gnosticism
  • A Bigger Plan

Chapter 9: Is Constantine Simonides For Real?

  • The Bragging Contest
  • The Four Guidelines
  • The Four Levels of Certainty
  • When and Where Was Simonides Born?
  • Who is right, and how do we know?
  • What Did Simonides Say about His Birth?
  • Monastery of the Taxiarchs?
  • Which Photios Is Which?
  • A Case in Point: Verifying The Satan Seller
  • A Red Flag
  • Timeline Troubles
  • Some Simple Questions
  • Bonus Points
  • Simonides on a Timeline
  • Simonides’ Upbringing
  • Where Did He Go? And Who Taught Him?
  • The Isle of Aegina
  • Simonides’ Instructors
  • Neophytos Ducas
  • Grigorios Konstantas

Chapter 10: Does Simonides’ Story Make Sense?

  • The Basic Story
  • Precious Hidden Books
  • Barnabas Exposes the Fake
  • But wait, there’s more!
  • What Did Simonides Expect?
  • Benedict’s Project
  • My Theory
  • The Timeline Is Everything
  • Details of Simonides’ Story: (1839-41)
  • The Wright Story? Or the Right Story?
  • Scrivener’s Summary
  • Translation Troubles
  • Wright Was Wrong
  • What Kallinikos Knew: (1840-59)
  • Kallinikos’ Encounters
  • Kallinikos saw Simonides working on the Sinaiticus
  • Kallinikos knew the plan
  • Kallinikos Knew the Extent of Corrections to the Codex
  • Kallinikos saw Tischendorf with the Codex in 1844
  • Simonides Smelled the Plot
  • A Codex, Not Loose Sheets in a Basket
  • Simonides Given a Limited Time to Respond
  • Tischendorf Saw the Codex Numerous Times
  • Tischendorf's Insincere Promises
  • Kallinikos Was a Primary or Secondary Eyewitness
  • Kallinikos Knew Simonides Worked on the Codex Twice
  • Kallinikos Saw Simonides’ Signatures
  • Simonides’ Signatures: Setting the Timeline
  • When were they cut out?
  • When were they written?
  • My Theory - Stages of Sinaiticus: (1840-44)

Chapter 11: The Big Heist (1859)

  • Licking His Wounds
  • Did Someone Else Get It?
  • Hatching a Plan
  • Saxon Connections
  • The Philanthropist and the Philanderer
  • Russian Regality and Rubles
  • Quickly to Cairo!
  • Swiftly to St. Catherine’s!
  • Cornering Kyrillos
  • Further Facts
  • Conflict in Cairo (A New Position for Kyrillos)
  • A Failed First Attempt
  • Success for the Saxon
  • The English Offer
  • Copying the Codex
  • Gift Exchange?
  • The Other Cyril
  • A Political Preference
  • Russians Rush in
  • A Decade of Uncertainty: (1859-69)
  • Vaticanus Victory?
  • Secure Sinaiticus?
  • Criminal Kyrillos?
  • Russian Troubles
  • Monk Troubles
  • Callistratus Troubles
  • Cyril II vs Cyril/Kyrillos (1865-67)
  • Troubled Tischendorf (1868)
  • Fed-up Ignatieff
  • Callistratus and the Codex
  • What About Germanus?

Chapter 12: A Tale of Two Worlds (1862-1863)

  • A Ripple in the Pond
  • Why Was Simonides So Confident?
  • A Multi-Signed Codex
  • A Teenager’s Trip-Up
  • Correct Labeling
  • A Senseless Skip
  • A Sloppy Note
  • A Simple Challenge
  • The Easiest Person to Find
  • Simonides’ Big Lie
  • Lie #1
  • Lie #2
  • Why Did Simonides Lie?

Conclusion: The Rest of the Story

  • The Example of Luke
  • So Who Really Faked Sinaiticus?

Appendix A: Timeline of Events

Appendix B: Simonides’ Introduction to Barnabas

Appendix C: Tregelles on the Arabic Notes

Bibliography

Index

Picture Acknowledgements

Reviews

About Author

David W Daniels

David Daniels, B.A., M.Div., is trained in Bible and linguistics. After twenty years of searching the Hebrew and Greek scriptures and studying the history of the Bible, he concluded that the King James Bible is God's preserved words in English.

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Author: David W Daniels
ISBN: 9780758913838
Pages: 448 - Paperback
Price: $28.95