Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Trevor Peterson <06PETERSON AT cua.edu>]

>===== Original Message From Peter Kirk <peterkirk AT qaya.org> =====
>I understand that someone has reconstructed the text of the missing
>parts of Aleppo, and this is the basis for many Israeli editions of the
>Tanakh. But I am sure others know more about this than I do.

I'm not sure how one would go about reconstructing the missing parts of 
Aleppo. We're talking about some pretty sizable gaps (like just about the 
whole Pentateuch). It's my understanding that the critical edition in the 
works based on Aleppo will use Leningrad for the missing sections.

Trevor Peterson
CUA/Semitics