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Codex Leningrad

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By Jeff A. Benner


Description: This image is an excerpt from Exodus 15:26 to Exodus 16:3 from the Masoretic Leningrad Codex. Until the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls, This codex was the oldest known complete work of the Hebrew Bible.

Era: Modern Semitic Script

Image Credit: Bruce and Kenneth Zuckerman

Date of Inscription: 1010 CE

Location of Discovery: ?

Date of Discovery: ?

Current Location: Russian National Library, St. Petersburg, Russia

Language: Hebrew

Writing Surface: Paper

Transliteration: TBD

Translation: TBD

Comments: This image is an excerpt from Exodus 15:26 to Exodus 16:3 from the Leningrad Codex. Until the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls, This codex was the oldest known complete work of the Hebrew Bible.