The Aleppo codex, written in 910 C.E. in Tiberius, is the worlds oldest book version of the Bible, and is being published in a new version. Apart from it's age, what is unique about it is that it is considered to be the most accurate Bible that exists.

While the Dead Sea Scrolls are nearly a thousand years older, they contain only a small part of the Hebrew Scriptures. There is little difference between the the two in content for accuracy. The main difference is that the Aleppo codex contains the vowels and vocals of the Bible, which didn't exist at the time of the Dead Sea Scrolls.

The Aleppo codex was stolen from Jerusalem, probably by crusaders, and was taken to Cairo. During the 15th century it was taken to Aleppo, Syria. The Jewish community there carefully guarded it, until it was damaged in the 1947 riots. When it was finally returned to Jerusalem it had many pages missing from the 5 books of Moses.

This story is based on a Jerusalem Post Radio interview with publisher Nahum Ben Svi (sp?) who is working on the new version in association with the Hebrew University. You can access the interview at http://www.jpostradio.com .

Regan Balman
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Hi Regan,

Just read your post about the new Bible coming out and I am curious. Do you happen to know if it has been published and what it will be called? I still prefer the KJV, even with all it's faults. I found a web site devoted to the KJV and it's very enlightening. One thing is that it gives a bio for each of the 50+ translators individually.

Charles 5/12/01

I don't know any more than the initial post could supply, which I transcribed from a report at http://www.jerusalempost.com

Sorry I don't have more info.