Can I view the Bible manuscripts anywhere?

From the Dr. Gene Scott Bible Museum, Los Angeles, California:1862 [London] reproduction:Codex Mayerianus is several papyrus fragments from Thebes, Upper Egypt found by Rev. Henry Stobart, sold to Joseph Mayer of Liverpool.One fragment containing the end of the 28th chapter of Matthew (in greek):"The writing by the hand of Nicolaus the Deacon, at the dictation of Matthew, the apostle of Jesus Christ. It was done in the fifteenth year after the Ascension of our Lord, and was distributed to the believing Jews and Greeks in Palestine."Eminent scholar Constantine Simonides Ph.D. carefully sorted for Mayer all the Stobart manuscripts.This is more proof that extinguishes spurious claims of decades later pseudepigrapha.Willowtree
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I don't think that a 19th Century forgery has any bearing on the antiquity of the Gospels.

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I agree.

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That would be Constantine Simonides, the seller of forged manuscripts ?

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Your link asserts forgeries. I'm sure there are two sides to this story.

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A copy of the book may be found in this collection:
Library, Museums and Press – Online Exhibitions

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Which book and where ?

Until you brought up possible nefarious activity by Simonides I never knew this.Dr. Scott is a major player in the ancient mss market/auctions. He is an experts expert, and the involvement of Simonides does not mean the Mayer/Stobart codex is a forgery.You should ask the British Museum what they think of Dr. Scott.Nontheless, I am going to ask Dr. Scott about this.If you care I will let you know what he says.

Dr. Scott owns a reproduction.The only "scholars" who deny this Codex are Jesus Seminar types. Their selective scholarship is well known to only recognize sources that agree with their pseudepigrapha. Why won't they address 7Q5 ?
Or the Magdalen fragments ? Or Tatians harmony ?I can't even find the title "Mayerianus" on the Net - nothing.If this is part of your evidence to say it is fake by this basis (not existing on the Internet) then this is as mental midget yuppie as it gets.Dr. Scott has verified it to be genuine which further exposes this conspiracy to deny the existence of First Century sources.Anyone who is even mildly involved in the ancient mss market knows that Dr. Scott is the eminent scholar.You assume any involvement of Simonides to automatically mean the mss to be a forgery. This is rhetoric, the misuse of logic.This message has been edited by WILLOWTREE, 07-01-2004 05:45 PM