From: James Christian <jc.bhebrew AT googlemail.com>
To: Petr Tomasek <tomasek AT etf.cuni.cz>
Cc: B-Hebrew <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>, Ishinan <ishinan AT comcast.net>
Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Oldest MSS for creation account?
Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2009 18:00:53 +0100
Hi,
2009/10/20 Petr Tomasek <tomasek AT etf.cuni.cz>
> On Mon, Oct 19, 2009 at 09:53:19PM -0500, Ishinan wrote:
> > James Christian wrote:
> >
> > ...does anybody know which manuscript or fragment is the oldest that
> > contains the creation account in Hebrew (and any other languages for
> that
> > matter)?
> >
> > -----------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> >
> > Dear James,
> >
> > Your best bet would be the following sources:
> >
> > The Aleppo Codex was written in the 10th century CE. It is considered the
> > most authoritative document in the masorah. It is especially valuable
>
> 1) almost the whole Torah is missing from the aleppo codex
>
> 2) many other versiones are much older (i.e. DSS fragments, septuagint,
> peshitta...)
>
>
Could you direct me photos or facsimiles of these? I really need them. Is
the DSS fragment of cave 4 complete? I'm sure the Codex Sinaiticus has this
section but don't think any facsimile are available yet. What about the
peshitta? Do you think it will be possible to obtain images?