Yonan Codex

[Stephen Silver]

The Yonan Codex, an extant text dating much earlier than the Khabouris Codex begs further research in comparison with the Khabouris Codex.

Then....how old is Yonan Codex?

Shlama Havah:
The Yonan Codex, according to the late Dr. Bruce Metzger is from the seventh century or later.

This version, made near the beginning of the fifth century,
comprises twenty-two books of the New Testament (2 Peter,
2 and 3 John, Jude, and Revelation are absent).
In order to determine the approximate date of the
manuscript I compared the style of its handwriting with
specimens of dated facsimiles in William H. P. Hatch???s
Album of Dated Syriac Manuscripts 3 and came to the conclusion
that the codex dated to about the seventh century at
the earliest, and was perhaps slightly later.

I have quoted from "THE SAGA OF THE YONAN CODEX"
Bruce M. Metzger, Princeton Theological Seminary

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The Yonan Codex is an accurate copy of a previous manuscript which was probably a scroll. That's my honest opinion.

Shlama,
Stephen Silver
Dukhrana Biblical Research