>Haaretz.com is reporting that researchers at Yad Ben-Zvi Research Institute in Jerusalem have called on Jews around the world who originally lived in Aleppo, Syria and may possess fragments of the ancient Aleppo Codex to turn them over to Israel. The codex disappeared during riots against the Jews in Aleppo, Syria, almost a century ago.

The Aleppo Codex was written in Tiberias almost 1,100 years ago, and is the most accepted version of the Hebrew Scriptures, also known as the Masoretic, or transmitted, text.

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Claude Mariottini
Professor of Old Testament
Northern Baptist Seminary

Tags: Aleppo Codex, Hebrew Scriptures, Masoretic Text