Leningrad Codex
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The Leningrad Codex is the oldest known complete manuscript of the Hebrew Bible in Hebrew, using the Masoretic Text and Tiberian vocalization. According to its colophon, it was made in Cairo in AD 100
Leningrad Codex (cover page E, folio 474a)
Leningrad Codex Carpet Page
Leningrad Codex folio 40 verso, Exodus 15:14b-16:3a
Leningrad Codex text sample, portions of Exodus 15:21–16:3
Aleppo Codex
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The Aleppo Codex is a medieval bound manuscript of the Hebrew Bible. The codex was written in the city of Tiberias in the tenth century CE under the rule of the Abbasid Caliphate, and was endorsed for
Leningrad Codex
…According to its colophon, it was made in Cairo in AD 1008 (or possibly 1009). Some have proposed that the Leningrad Codex was corrected against the Aleppo Codex, a slightly earlier manuscript that was partially lost in the 20th century. However, Paul E. Kahle argues that the Leningrad manuscript was more likely…
Closeup of Aleppo Codex, Joshua 1:1
Page from Aleppo Codex, Deuteronomy
Photograph of missing page
Exterior view of the Shrine of the Book