Feb 3 Blog
By: BAS Staff
The Hebrew Bible today differs from the Bible manuscripts of the first millennium B.C.E. How do we identify alterations? Learn why critical editions of the Bible are essential.
Sep 20 Blog
By: Jennifer Drummond
The oldest Hebrew Bible texts are the Dead Sea Scrolls (c. 250 B.C.E.–115 C.E.), but the most nearly complete copies of the Hebrew Bible are codices from a thousand years ago. What happened in the period between these two discoveries? The Ashkar-Gilson Manuscript fills the gap in our knowledge of this interim period.
Apr 27 Blog
The world’s oldest Hebrew Bible, the Aleppo Codex, is missing pages—and not just a couple leaves, but four of the Five Books of Moses! What happened to them?
Aug 29 Blog
By: Biblical Archaeology Society Staff
Until it was damaged and partially lost, the Aleppo Codex was considered to be the “crown” of ancient Biblical manuscripts, and was the version of the Hebrew Bible that was ultimately considered the most authoritative text in Judaism. Its loss was an enormous blow to Jewish scholarship. However, another complete codex still exists: The Leningrad Codex. How does it compare to its more distinguished cousin?
Feb 12 Blog
By: Marek Dospěl
The New Testament that we read today in many different translations is not based on one single manuscript of the original Greek text. Why? There […]
Feb 2 Blog
Throughout its long history, the Aleppo Codex has been carefully and jealously guarded. Today, however, the Aleppo Codex online project has placed the Aleppo Codex among the ranks of other ancient Biblical manuscripts that have been made available to all via the web.
Oct 10 Blog
By: Nathan Steinmeyer
Step into the great Aleppo Synagogue, one of the most important synagogues in the world and home to the oldest Hebrew Bible in existence, the […]
Sep 30 Blog
Evidence shows that preserved early Christian manuscripts are more often codices than the then-established bookrolls. Why?
Nov 4 Blog
The few surviving Torah scrolls that are this old are all very fragmentary and almost illegible. It is thus exciting to find a very old, well-preserved Torah scroll, even if it’s only a fragment, a single sheet.
Gary A. Rendsburg reviews Steps to a New Edition of the Hebrew Bible by Ronald Hendel.
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