from JBD1

A thoroughly fascinating account of the Aleppo Codex, a very early manuscript Hebrew Bible with quite an amazing story of survival and deception attached to it. While there are parts of the book that drag slightly, overall it manages to be a very good read, and Friedman has certainly uncovered so...

from erinster

Incredibly interesting history of the Aleppo (Syrian) Torah and what lengths members of the Israeli government went to in order to secure it.

from Judiex

We read of at least three victims as we follow Matti Friedman's quest to learn the facts behind the Crown of Aleppo, a version of the Hebrew Bible written before 1000 CE. When Friedman first sees it displayed in a secluded room at Israel's National Museum in Jerusalem, he learns that very few of ...

from vcg610

Journalist Matti Friedman has written a mesmerizing page turner featuring the most sacred text in Hebrew literature, The Aleppo Codex. Friedman hones his detecting skills as he researches this story, a tale which turns out far differently than he imagined in the beginning. The Codex was laborious...

from Judiex

We read of at least three victims as we follow Matti Friedman's quest to learn the facts behind the Crown of Aleppo, a version of the Hebrew Bible written before 1000 CE. When Friedman first sees it displayed in a secluded room at Israel's National Museum in Jerusalem, he learns that very few of ...