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November 13, 2015

The Missing Link in the History of the Hebrew Bible

The Ashkar-Gilson manuscript.

The oldest complete manuscript of the Hebrew Bible is the Leningrad codex, written by an Egyptian Jewish scribe in 1008 CE. (The Aleppo codex, written around 930, is missing nearly 200 pages.) Older still are the Dead Sea Scrolls, which include extensive fragments of the Bible and date to before 68 CE. Only one manuscript of the Bible exists from the intervening period, and Jennifer Drummond tells its story:

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November 13, 2015

  1. Anti-Semitism and the Identity Politics of Britain’s Far Left

    Jeremy Corbyn is no accident.

  2. The EU’s New Labeling Requirements for Israeli Products Are Disingenuous and in Violation of International Law

    Badly reasoned and badly drafted.

  3. Zionism, Humanism, and Naturalness: The Theology of Yehuda Amital

    The importance of human feeling.

  4. The Missing Link in the History of the Hebrew Bible

    The Ashkar-Gilson manuscript.

  5. The Quakers’ War on Israel

    Leading supporters of BDS.