AUTHOR: UNKNOWN

LANGUAGE: HEBREW

DATE: 1008

PAGE #: 494

REPRODUCTION DIMENSIONS: 8.75 wide x 11.25 tall (inches)

Larger Version 10.5 wide x 14.5 tall (inches)

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HISTORY/DESCRIPTION: THE LENINGRAD CODEX IS THE OLDEST COMPLETE MANUSCRIPT OF THE HEBREW BIBLE IN THE HEBREW LANGUAGE USING THE MASORETIC TEXT AND TIBERIAN VOCALIZATION. IT IS DATED 1008 CE ACCORDING TO ITS COLOPHON. THE ALEPPO CODEX, AGAINST WHICH THE LENINGRAD CODEX WAS CORRECTED, IS SEVERAL DECADES OLDER, BUT PARTS OF IT HAVE BEEN MISSING SINCE 1947, MAKING THE LENINGRAD CODEX THE OLDEST COMPLETE CODEX OF THE TIBERIAN MESORAH THAT HAS SURVIVED INTACT TO THIS DAY. IN MODERN TIMES THE LENINGRAD CODEX IS SIGNIFICANT AS THE HEBREW TEXT REPRODUCED IN BIBLIA HEBRAICA (1937) AND BIBLIA HEBRAICA STUTTGARTENSIA (1977). IT ALSO SERVES AS A PRIMARY SOURCE FOR THE RECOVERY DETAILS IN THE MISSING PARTS OF THE ALEPPO CODEX.

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