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The Aleppo Codex
The Aleppo Codex (Keter Aram Tsova) is a medieval manuscript of the Hebrew Bible, written around AD 920 in Tiberias. Regarded as the most accurate version of the Hebrew Bible, it includes Masoretic vocalization and cantillation. Kept for six centuries in Aleppo, it was partially destroyed in 1947. Now kept at the Israel Museum, it has been inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage list since 2016.
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The Ketef Hinnom Scrolls
Discovered in 1979 by Gabriel Barkay in the Hinnom Valley in Jerusalem, the Ketef Hinnom scrolls are two rolled silver strips inscribed in Paleo-Hebrew. Dating from the end of the 7th or the beginning of the 6th century BC, they contain the priestly blessing of Numbers 6,24-26 and are the oldest known fragments of biblical texts, earlier than the Dead Sea Scrolls. Kept at the Israel Museum, they attest to the existence of written biblical texts from the First Temple period.
Numbers 6.24-26 (King James Version) :The LORD bless thee, and keep thee:The LORD make his face shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee:The LORD lift up his countenance upon thee, and give thee peace.King James Version (1769), domaine public — texte : eBible.org -
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The Isaiah Scroll
The Great Isaiah Scroll (1QIsaᵃ), discovered in 1947 at Qumran, is the oldest complete Hebrew manuscript of a biblical book. Dating from the 2nd century BC, it measures 7.34 meters and contains all 66 chapters of Isaiah. Its great similarity to the Masoretic text attests to the faithfulness of the biblical transmission. It is now displayed in the Shrine of the Book at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem.