To: "b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org" <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: [b-hebrew] The "Oldest Complete Torah Scroll?"
Date: Wed, 29 May 2013 10:44:30 -0700 (PDT)
Thought
this might be a good forum to ask this question: This article (http://abcnews.go.com/International/worlds-oldest-complete-torah-scroll-found-italian-professor/story?id=19280022#.UaY795wvlVU) claims
that this 12th-13th century manuscript is the "oldest complete torah
scroll," but Codex Leningradensis dates to 1008-9 AD.
Is the
Torah portion of Leningradensis lacking in some way, or is
Leningradensis not in the running for "oldest Torah scroll" because it
also contains the Prophets and the Writings?
Sincerely,
Chris Lovelace
[b-hebrew] The "Oldest Complete Torah Scroll?",
C L, 05/29/2013