Oldest Bible published on the Internet

LONDON, July 24 (UPI) -- British Library officials said they have started making sections of the oldest existing copy of the New Testament available on the Internet.

The British Library is publishing the Codex Sinaiticus, a 4th century manuscript written by hand in Greek, on its Internet site, CNN reported.

Library officials said the Gospel of Mark and the Book of Psalms were scheduled to be available online starting Thursday and the rest of the text will be on the Internet within a year.

The Web site will eventually offer images of each page with translations in German and English, CNN said.

"The user will come to the Web site and will be able to look at images of each page of Codex Sinaiticus, will be able to zoom in and out and look around the page and see the page lit in standard light," the project's curator Juan Garces said.

CNN said compiling the manuscript was a demanding task because portions of the book remain in Britain, Russia, Germany and Egypt.