{"id":438,"date":"2023-02-01T11:56:33","date_gmt":"2023-02-01T19:56:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/wsrp\/?page_id=438"},"modified":"2023-05-19T15:24:58","modified_gmt":"2023-05-19T22:24:58","slug":"biblical-manuscripts-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/wsrp\/biblical-manuscripts-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Biblical Manuscripts"},"content":{"rendered":"  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--intro-text align-center\"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--intro-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n          \n<div class=\"f--field f--section-title\">\n\n    \n  <h2>\n          Leningrad Codex Firkovitch B19A\n      <\/h2>\n\n\n<\/div>\n  \n          \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p>The Leningrad Codex, or Leningradensis, is the oldest complete Hebrew Bible still preserved. Dating to the year 1010 C.E., the manuscript contains the whole Hebrew Bible (or Old Testament in Hebrew). In 1990 a team from the West Semitic Research Project and the Ancient Biblical Manuscript Center traveled to the Russian National Library in St. Petersburg to photograph all 1,000 pages of the Bible.<\/p>\n<p>The images of the Leningrad Codex are now in the\u00a0USC Digital Image Library. They were originally published in: The Leningrad Codex: A Facsimile Edition, General Editor: David Noel Freedman, Managing Editor: Astrid B. Beck, Associate Editors: Bruce E. Zuckerman and Marilyn J. Lundberg, Publication Editor: James A. Sanders,Photographers: Bruce E. Zuckerman, Kenneth A. Zuckerman, Marilyn J. Lundberg, and Garth I. Moller (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1998).<\/p>\n<p>The facsimile was intended as a scholar&#8217;s edition, and most of the pages are in black and white. The sixteen illuminated pages of the Codex, however, are printed in color. At this time the facsimile edition is out of print.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n  \n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--link-list \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--link-list\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      <div class=\"header-container\">\n\n                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--section-title\">\n\n    \n  <h2>\n          Biblical Manuscripts\n      <\/h2>\n\n\n<\/div>\n                        \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/wsrp\/cylinder-seals-and-the-west-semitic-research-project\/\">Leningrad Codex<\/a> (General Information).<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/wsrp\/leningrad-codex-f-40b\/\">Leningrad f.40b<\/a> (Folio 40b &#8211; a page of biblical text).<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/wsrp\/the-leningrad-codex-folio-474a-illuminated-carpet-page\/\">Leningrad Carpet Page<\/a> (An illuminated page).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n          <\/div>\n  \n  \n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--link-list \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--link-list\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      <div class=\"header-container\">\n\n                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--section-title\">\n\n    \n  <h2>\n          Article Categories\n      <\/h2>\n\n\n<\/div>\n                        \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p><a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/wsrp\/non-biblical-ancient-texts-relating-to-the-biblical-world\/\">Non-Biblical Ancient Texts Relating to the Biblical World<\/a>:\u00a0 Non-biblical inscriptions and documents from ancient times that improve our understanding of the world of the Bible.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/wsrp\/biblical-manuscripts-2\/\">Biblical Manuscripts<\/a>:\u00a0\u00a0Images and commentary on ancient and medieval copies of the Bible.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/wsrp\/biblical-manuscripts\/\">Dead Sea Scrolls<\/a>:\u00a0\u00a0Images and commentary on selected Dead Sea Scrolls manuscripts.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/wsrp\/usc-archaeology-research-center\/\">USC Archaeology Research Center<\/a>:\u00a0\u00a0Images of artifacts from the teaching collection of the University of Southern California.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n          <\/div>\n  \n  \n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n  \n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--contact-details \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--contact-details\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n  <div class=\"inner-wrapper\">\n\n          <div class=\"header-container\">\n\n                      \n<div class=\"f--field f--section-title\">\n\n    \n  <h2>\n          Contact Details\n      <\/h2>\n\n\n<\/div>\n        \n                      \n<div class=\"f--field f--link\">\n\n    \n    \n  \n<a \n  class=\"link\"\n  href= https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/religion\/\n    aria-label=\"Read more about School of Religion\"  \n>\n    School of Religion \n  <svg version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\" x=\"0px\" y=\"0px\" viewBox=\"0 0 35 35\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 35 35\" width=\"25\" height=\"25\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><polygon fill-rule=\"evenodd\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\" fill=\"#000\" points=\"19.3,27.5 29.3,17.5,19.3,7.5 16.3,10.4 21.4,15.4 6.7,15.4 6.7,19.6 21.4,19.6 16.3,24.6 \"\/><\/svg>\n<\/a>\n\n\n<\/div>\n        \n      <\/div>\n    \n    \n      <div class=\"contacts-container\">\n\n        \n                      <div class=\"contact-card\">\n\n                              <h3>Office<\/h3>\n              \n                                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p>Administrator, School of Religion<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n              \n                              <div class=\"f--phone\">\n                  <a href=\"tel:(213) 740-0270\">(213) 740-0270<\/a>\n                <\/div>\n              \n                              <div class=\"f--email\">\n                  <a href=\"mailto:religion@dornsife.usc.edu\">religion@dornsife.usc.edu<\/a>\n                <\/div>\n              \n            <\/div>\n                    \n      <\/div>\n\n        \n     \n    \n  <\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":230,"featured_media":140,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-438","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - 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