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concluded that "the identification of this papyrus as a forgery by
Constantine Simonides involves a great deal of altogether fantastic ad hoc hypothetical constructions that, far from providing a more economical explanation of the evidence, force their advocates into more and more implausible
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between 1839 and 1841 and again in 1852, during which time he acquired some of the biblical manuscripts that he later sold. He produced a lot of manuscripts ascribed to
Hellenistic and early Byzantine periods. He allegedly forged a number of documents and manuscripts and claimed they were the
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at 292 (c. 130 – c. 200). Also, in many other complicated questions he had his own, usually controversial, point of view, but after ascribing the authorship of the Codex
Sinaiticus to himself, the rest of his credibility was destroyed by the British press.
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of the ink has been analysed and has been found to be consistent with what we know of the ink produced in that time. After examining the text of the papyrus and the data of the
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Simonides questioned many official scientific positions accepted by scholars. He did not respect any scholars. He interpreted
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and that he wrote it in 1839. According to him it was "the one poor work of his youth". According to
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and dealer of icons, with knowledge of manuscripts and calligraphy. He was one of the most versatile
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