Ancient Samaritan Pentateuch Discovered
What is said to be the oldest Biblical manuscript extant has lately been discovered in Syria, and is now in safe keeping at Cairo. It comprises the Pentateuch, written in Samaritan characters on gazelle parchment, and its date is the year 116 of the Moslem era. This is equivalent to 735 of the Christian era. The oldest manuscript in the British Museum is of the year 1339 A. D., and this has hitherto been supposed to be the oldest in the world. This newly discovered manuscript, immediately after the Ten Commandments, contains a passage of about fifteen lines that does not exist in the Authorized Version. The despatch from London stating these facts says it is said that the passage is likely to clear up several long disputed points.—Christian Advocate, Jan. 22, 1903.