Tishendorf biography

German theologian and biblical scholar (1815–1874)

Lobegott Friedrich Constantin (von) Tischendorf (18 January 1815 – 7 December 1874) was a German biblical scholar.

In 1844, he discovered the world's oldest and most complete Bible dated to around the mid-4th century and called Codex Sinaiticus after Saint Catherine's Monastery at Mount Sinai.

Tischendorf was made an honorary doctor by the University of Oxford on 16 March 1865, and by the University of Cambridge on 9 March 1865 following his discovery.^[1] While a student gaining his academic degree in the 1840s, he earned international recognition when he deciphered the Codex Ephraemi Rescriptus, a 5th-century Greekmanuscript of the New Testament.

Early life and education

Tischendorf was born in Lengenfeld, Saxony, the son of a forensic physician.^[2] After attending primary school in Lengenfield, he went to grammar school in nearby Plauen.^[2] Fr