The Testamentum: The First Christian Holy Bible

The Testamentum was assembled and transcribed by Marcion of Sinope around 128 C.E. It was the first codified Christian Biblical canon, almost 300 years before the compilation of the standard Biblical canon used by most mainline Christian denominations today. The Testamentum, which is Latin for 'Testament', was not divided into 'Old' and 'New' testaments like the modern Bible and was dramatically shorter. The Marcionite Christians determined that the Hebrew Bible, and the deity portrayed wi...