Now Full Texts of Ancient Manuscripts online

View Full Texts of Ancient Manuscripts online at the Cambridge Digital Library, UK

http://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk

Some examples:

1. "The Nash Papyrus" is a second-century BCE fragment containing the text of the Ten Commandments - http://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/view/MS-OR-00233/1

2. The "Codex Bezae Cantabrigiensis", a bilingual manuscript, with a Greek text and a Latin version of Gospels and Acts - http://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/view/MS-NN-00002-00041/1

3. Fragments of an Abbasid Qurʼān, probably written in the third century A.H / ninth century C.E., containing verses from the suras: al-Dhārīyāt (سورة الذاريات), al-Ṭūr (سورة الطور), al-Najm (سورة النجم), al-Qamar (سورة القمر), and al-Raḥmān (سورة الرحمن). - http://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/view/MS-OR-00770/1

4. "One of the earliest examples of the Pañcarakṣā, a collection of dhāraṇīs addressed to goddesses for protection against evil spirits - http://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/view/MS-ADD-01688/1

5. Trinity College Notebook by Isaac Newton - Part of the Newton Papers Collection.

Many works of Newton, including a notebook with many notes from his studies and, increasingly, his own explorations into mathematics, physics and metaphysics. http://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/view/MS-ADD-03996/1

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THE DEAD SEA SCROLLS GO DIGITAL!

Access fast-loading, high-resolution, searchable images of the scrolls, as well as short explanatory videos and background information on the texts and their history.

The Dead Sea Scrolls, which include the oldest known biblical manuscripts in existence, offer critical insight into Jewish society in the Land of Israel during the Second Temple Period, the time of the birth of Christianity and Rabbinic Judaism.

Five complete scrolls from the Israel Museum have been digitized for the project at this stage and are now accessible online.

* http://dss.collections.imj.org.il

* http://dss.collections.imj.org.il/dss_video

1. "The Great Isaiah Scroll" - http://dss.collections.imj.org.il/isaiah

2. "The War Scroll" - http://dss.collections.imj.org.il/war

3. "The Commentary on Habakkuk Scroll" - http://dss.collections.imj.org.il/habakkuk

4. "The Temple Scroll" - http://dss.collections.imj.org.il/temple

5. "The Community Rule" - http://dss.collections.imj.org.il/community