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The Aleppo Codex : a true story of obsession, faith, and the pursuit of an ancient Bible / by Matti Friedman.

by Friedman, Matti.

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Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2012.

Aleppo Codex -- History.

9781616200404 (hbk.)

1616200405 (hbk.)

xx, 298 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [283]-298).

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 investigation -- The collector -- The magicians -- A deal at the Hilton -- Room 915 -- Money -- The missing pieces -- Silo -- The Institute -- Bahiyeh.

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.

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