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Aleppo Codex -- History.
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Friedman, Matti.
Aleppo Codex -- History.
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The Aleppo Codex : a true story of obsession, faith, and the pursuit of an ancient Bible / by Matti Friedman.
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Friedman, Matti.
Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2012.
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221
.44
F911a
Subjects
Aleppo Codex -- History.
ISBN:
9781616200404 (hbk.)
1616200405 (hbk.)
Edition:
1st ed.
Description:
xx, 298 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [283]-298).
Contents:
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.
Summary:
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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