Editing Codex Sinaiticus (section)

== Impact on biblical scholarship ==
Along with [[Codex Vaticanus]], Codex Sinaiticus is considered one of the most valuable manuscripts available, as it is one of the oldest and likely closer to the original text of the [[Novum Testamentum Graece|Greek New Testament]]. It is the only [[uncial script|uncial]] manuscript with the complete text of the New Testament, and the only ancient manuscript of the New Testament written in four columns per page which has survived to the present day.{{r|Aland}} With only 300 years separating Codex Sinaiticus and the lifetime of Jesus, it is considered by some to be more accurate than most New Testament copies in preserving readings where almost all manuscripts are assumed by them to be in error.{{r|Kenyon|p=191}}

For the [[Gospel]]s, Sinaiticus is considered among some people as the second most reliable witness of the text (after [[Codex Vaticanus|Vaticanus]]); in the [[Acts of the Apostles]], its text is equal to that of [[Codex Vaticanus|Vaticanus]]; in the [[Epistles]], Sinaiticus is assumed to be the most reliable witness of the text. In the [[Book of Revelation]], however, its text is corrupted and is considered of poor quality, and inferior to the texts of [[Codex Alexandrinus]], {{Papyrus link|47}}, and even some minuscule manuscripts in this place (for example, [[Minuscule 2053]], [[Minuscule 2062|2062]]).{{r|Metzger-Palaeo}}