MAIL ONLINE: Vatican 'wants to see' 1,500-year-old ancient script Has been hidden by Turkish state for 12 years Handwritten in gold-lettered Aramaic
A secret Bible in which Jesus is believed to predict the coming of the Prophet Muhammad to Earth has sparked serious interest from the Vatican.
Pope Benedict XVI is claimed to want to see the 1,500-year-old book, which many say is the Gospel of Barnabas, that has been hidden by the Turkish state for the last 12 years.
The £14million handwritten gold lettered tome, penned in Jesus' native Aramaic language, is said to contain his early teachings and a prediction of the Prophet's coming.
The leather-bound text, written on animal hide, was discovered by Turkish police during an anti-smuggling operation in 2000.
It was closely guarded until 2010, when it was finally handed over to the Ankara Ethnography Museum, and will soon be put back on public display following a minor restoration. » | Daily Mail Reporter | Friday, February 24, 2012
TODAY’S ZAMAN: 1,500-year-old handwritten Bible kept in Ankara, ministry confirms » | FATMA DİŞLİ ZIBAK, İSTANBUL | Thursday, February 23, 2012
TODAY’s ZAMAN: 1500-year-old gospel kept in Ankara excites Vatican, report claims: The Vatican has requested that Turkey allow it to examine a 1500-year-old copy of an apocryphal gospel that was discovered by Turkish police during an anti-smuggling operation in 2000 and handed over to the Ankara Ethnography Museum, the Turkish Bugün daily reported on Thursday. » | TODAYSZAMAN.COM | Thursday, February 23, 2012
