Now, a pair of researchers have determined that the ancient Greek text written on the fragment comes from the Infancy Gospel of Thomas (IGT) and represents the oldest known version of it ...

Biblical scholars periodically get excited when, in the sands of Egypt or the Near East, someone turns up what is called “the world’s oldest Biblical ... a fragment of St. John supposedly ...

A newly deciphered manuscript dating back 1,600 years has been determined to be the oldest record of Jesus ... The few words on the fragment describe a "miracle" that Jesus performed as a child ...

A papyrus fragment, dating from the 4th to 5th century, was recently deciphered after being stored for decades in a university library in Hamburg, Germany. It has been identified by researchers as ...

a former songwriter turned biblical scholar. “This is the only Christian one. And it predates any other notation of a Christian hymn by many centuries.” Scholars have known about the fragment ...

Now, more than a millennium and a half after it was written, researchers believe the papyrus fragment is no ordinary memo, but the oldest surviving ... or monastery. Biblical apocrypha, from ...

The ancient Greek hymn is by far the oldest surviving piece ... and study of the papyrus fragment containing the hymn. Through the Psalms and other biblical texts, Christians have had access ...

"As we advance his legacy, we greatly appreciate the opportunity to share these remarkable biblical treasures that ... It is believed to be the oldest existing copy of the Ten Commandments, ...

June 12 (UPI) --A recently deciphered manuscript, dating back to the 4th or 5th century and stored in a university library in Hamburg, Germany, has been identified by researchers as the earliest ...