The timing couldn't have been better considering we're just a couple of days away from Christmas.

Scientists from the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology have reached a major breakthrough in Nanotechnology by printing the entire Old Testament on a Silicon chip smaller than a pinhead -- thereby creating the world's smallest Bible.

The 'nano-Bible' is written on a Silicon chip, which is so small that it is less than 1/1000th of an inch in size.

How was it written? Using a focused ion beam (FIB) generator that shot tiny particles called Gallium ions onto a Gold surface covering a base layer of Silicone.

How long did it take? The actual 'writing' of full text took just 90 minutes. Whereas the computer program that guided the FIB generator took over three months.

What are the possibilities? Professor Uri Sivan, who conceived the idea of the miniature, said the research could lead to the creation of more advanced miniature structures and imaging on a nanometric scale, advancement in the storing of information in very small spaces, and usage of DNA molecules in storing information.

Meanwhile, the ongoing plan is to photograph the nano-Bible and expand it 10,000 times to make it fit into a 75-square foot frame to be hung in the Technion Faculty of Physics.

The size of the photograph will make it possible to read the entire Old Testament with the naked eye. The height of each letter will be three millimetres. And, the original nano-bible will be displayed next to the photograph.