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The Aleppo Codex : a true story of obsession, faith, and the pursuit of an ancient Bible /

This true-life detective story unveils the journey of a sacred text--the tenth-century annotated bible known as the Aleppo Codex--from its hiding place in a Syrian synagogue to the newly founded state of Israel.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Friedman, Matti, 1977- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Chapel Hill, N.C. : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2012.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Aleppo Codex > History.
Aleppo Codex.
Codex von Aleppo
History.
Table of Contents:
  • Flushing Meadow
  • Aleppo
  • The fire
  • The swift scribe of Tiberias
  • The treasure in the synagogue
  • The Jerusalem Circle
  • The Sack of Jerusalem
  • The jump
  • The President
  • The merchant's mission
  • Maimonides
  • Alexandretta
  • The brown suitcase
  • The trial
  • A religious man
  • Our last drop of blood
  • The Book
  • The keepers of the crown
  • The officer and the scroll
  • Exodus
  • Aspergillus
  • Brooklyn
  • The fog grows
  • The agent's investigation
  • The collector
  • The magicians
  • A deal at the Hilton
  • Room 915
  • Money
  • The missing pieces
  • Silo
  • The Institute
  • Bahiyeh.