Aleppo Codex In Pursuit of One of the World's Most Coveted, Sacred, and Mysterious Books

Name: Aleppo Codex In Pursuit of One of the World's Most Coveted, Sacred, and Mysterious Books
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ISBN: 9781616202781

ISBN-10: 1616202785

ISBN-13: 9781616202781

Edition: 2013

Authors: Matti Friedman

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In an age when physical books matter less and less, here is a thrilling story about a book that meant everything. This true-life detective story unveils the journey of a sacred text—the tenth-century annotated bible known as the Aleppo Codex—from its hiding place in a Syrian synagogue to the newly founded state of Israel. Based on Matti Friedman’s independent research, documents kept secret for fifty years, and personal interviews with key players, the book proposes a new theory of what happened when the codex left Aleppo, Syria, in the late 1940s and eventually surfaced in Jerusalem, mysteriously incomplete.The codex provides vital keys to reading biblical texts. By recounting its history,…

Book details

List price: $25.99
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
Publication date: 5/14/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 320
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.25" long x 0.85" tall
Weight: 0.682
Language: English

MATTI FRIEDMAN is an Associated Press writer. He lives in Israel.



Dramatis Personae


Introduction






Flushing Meadow



Aleppo



The Fire



The Swift Scribe of Tiberias






The Treasure in the Synagogue



The Jerusalem Circle



The Sack of Jerusalem



The Jump



The President



The Merchant's Mission



Maimonides



Alexandretta



The Brown Suitcase






The Trial



A Religious Man



Our Last Drop of Blood






The Book



The Keepers of the Crown



The Officer and the Scroll



Exodus






Aspergillus



Brooklyn



The Fog Grows



The Agent's Ivestigation



The Collector



The Magicians



A Deal at the Hilton



Room 915



Money






The Missing Pieces



Silo



The Institute



Bahiyeh


Acknowledgments


Notes on Sources


Photo Credits