Hebrew Tanak

Some of the Oldest and Most Important Manuscript Copies of the Hebrew Old Testament

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Dead Sea Scrolls (3rd century B.C.E. to 1st century C.E. fragment copies) Israel Museum, Jerusalem.

Link to Manuscript Search Online:

https://www.deadseascrolls.org.il/explore-the-archive

Cairo Geniza (5th century C.E. to 19th century C.E. fragment copies)

Link to Manuscript Search Online:

https://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/collections/genizah/1

http://sceti.library.upenn.edu/genizah/

https://fjms.genizah.org/index.html?lang=eng&UIT=

Abisha Scroll, Samaritan Torah (Pieced together manuscript 3rd century B.C.E. to 12th century C.E. copy)

Samaritan Community, Nablus.

Saint Petersburg Latter Prophets (794 C.E. copy) Evr. II. B 100, National Library of Russia, Saint Petersburg.

Link to Manuscript Online:

http://web.nli.org.il/sites/NLI/English/digitallibrary/pages/viewer.aspx?&presentorid=MANUSCRIPTS&docid=PNX_MANUSCRIPTS000156634-1#|FL48248163

Cairo Codex (895 C.E. copy) Hebrew University, Jerusalem.

Link to Manuscript Online:

http://www.seforimonline.org/pdf/266%20%5bCairo%20Codex%20Tanach%20Manuscript%2C%20%2C%20%2C%20%2C%20%D7%9B%D7%AA%D7%91%20%D7%99%D7%93%20%D7%A9%D7%9C%20%D7%AA%D7%A0%27%D7%9A%20%D7%A7%D7%95%D7%93%D7%A7%D7%A1%20%D7%A7%D7%94%D7%99%D7%A8%2C%20%2C%20%2C%20%5d.pdf

Babylonicus Petropolitanus Codex (916 C.E. copy) Evr. I. B 3; National Library of Russia, Saint Petersburg.

Link to Manuscript Online:

https://archive.org/stream/CodexBabylonicusPetropolitanusSt.PetersburgRussianNationalLibraryEvr.I.B3/Codex%20Babylonicus%20Petropolitanus%20%28St.%20Petersburg%2C%20Russian%20National%20Library%2C%20Evr.%20I.%20B%203%29#page/n0

Aleppo Codex (930 C.E. copy) The Israel Museum, Jerusalem.

Link to Manuscript Online:

http://aleppocodex.org/newsite/index.html

https://archive.org/stream/Aleppo_Codex#page/n0

Saint Petersburg Torah (930 C.E. copy) Evr. II. B 17; National Library of Russia, Saint Petersburg.

Link to Manuscript Online:

http://web.nli.org.il/sites/NLI/Hebrew/digitallibrary/pages/viewer.aspx?presentorid=MANUSCRIPTS&docid=PNX_MANUSCRIPTS000062829-1#|FL46975328

Saint Petersburg Former Prophets (989 C.E. copy) Evr. II. B 39; National Library of Russia, Saint Petersburg.

Link to Manuscript Online:

http://web.nli.org.il/sites/nli/english/digitallibrary/pages/viewer.aspx?presentorid=MANUSCRIPTS&docid=PNX_MANUSCRIPTS000057168-1#|FL26807562

Ashkar Torah (8th to 10th century C.E. copy) Mss. D 693; Duke University Library, Durham. (and) Ms. 31; London

School of Jewish Studies Library, London.

Berlin Codex Ec 1 (8th to 10th century C.E. copy) Or. Qu. 680; Staatsbibliothek, Berlin. (and) Ms. 8087; Library of the

Jewish Theological Seminary, New York.

Link to Manuscript Online:

http://www.seforimonline.org/pdf/265%20%5bBerlin%20Codex%20Tanach%20Manuscript%2C%20%2C%20%2C%20%2C%20%D7%9B%D7%AA%D7%91%20%D7%99%D7%93%20%D7%A9%D7%9C%20%D7%AA%D7%A0%27%D7%9A%20%D7%A7%D7%95%D7%93%D7%A7%D7%A1%20%D7%91%D7%A8%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%9F%2C%20%2C%20%2C%20%5d.pdf

http://web.nli.org.il/sites/NLI/English/digitallibrary/pages/viewer.aspx?&presentorid=MANUSCRIPTS&docid=PNX_MANUSCRIPTS000175265-1#|FL63720532

http://web.nli.org.il/sites/NLI/English/digitallibrary/pages/viewer.aspx?&presentorid=MANUSCRIPTS&docid=PNX_MANUSCRIPTS000101720-1#|FL28748607

Damascus Torah (10th century C.E. copy) Ms. Heb. 5702; National Library of Israel, Jerusalem.

Link to Manuscript Online:

http://web.nli.org.il/sites/NLI/Hebrew/digitallibrary/pages/viewer.aspx?presentorid=MANUSCRIPTS&docid=PNX_MANUSCRIPTS000043204-1#|FL12950930

London Codex (10th century C.E. copy) Or. 4445; British Library, London.

Link to Manuscript Online:

http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/Viewer.aspx?ref=or_4445_f001r

Michigan Codex (10th century C.E. copy) Mich. Ms. 88; University of Michigan Library, Ann Arbor.

Sassoon Manuscript (10th century C.E. copy) Ms. 1053; National Library of Israel, Jerusalem.

Link to Manuscript Online:

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Tanakh-MS-Sassoon-1053

First Gaster Bible (10th century C.E. copy) Or. 9879; British Library, London.

Link to Manuscript Online:

http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/Viewer.aspx?ref=or_9879_f001r

Saint Petersburg Prophets (10th century C.E. copy) Evr. I. B 13; National Library of Russia, Saint Petersburg.

Link to Manuscript Online:

http://web.nli.org.il/sites/nli/english/digitallibrary/pages/viewer.aspx?presentorid=MANUSCRIPTS&docid=PNX_MANUSCRIPTS000151620-1#|FL38626678

Saint Petersburg Torah (10th century C.E. copy) Evr. I. Bibl. 85; National Library of Russia, Saint Petersburg.

Leningrad Codex (1008 C.E. copy) Fir. B 19A; National Library of Russia, Saint Petersburg.

Link to Manuscript Online:

https://archive.org/stream/Leningrad_Codex/Leningrad#page/n0

Vatican Codex (11th century C.E. copy) Vat. Ebr. 448; Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Vatican City.

Link to Manuscript Online:

https://digi.vatlib.it/view/MSS_Vat.ebr.448

Hillely Codex (1241 C.E. copy) Ms. L44a; Library of the Jewish Theological Seminary, New York.

Link to Manuscript Online:

https://primo-tc-na01.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/primo-explore/fulldisplay?docid=JTS_DIGITOOL267103&context=L&vid=JTS&search_scope=default_scope&tab=default_tab&lang=en_US

Codex Bodmer 21 (13th century C.E. copy) Cod. Bodmer 21; Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cologny.

Link to Manuscript Online:

http://www.e-codices.unifr.ch/en/fmb/cb-0017/1r/0/Sequence-793

BSB Codex (13th century C.E. copy) Cod. Hebr. 392; Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Munich.

Link to Manuscript Online:

http://daten.digitale-sammlungen.de/~db/bsb00005444/images/index.html?seite=11