11/28/2023 0 Comments Old testament manuscripts online![]() It is also not possible to perform lexical searching or copy text from the manuscript. For the time being, calling up the site redirects to the raw digital photographs of the individual folios in the order they appear in the manuscript with no hyperlinks to a specific book, chapter, or verse. (According to a personal communication from the site’s administrators, a new version is anticipated in the near future). ![]() However, due to this site’s reliance on Flash technology, which is currently being phased out, it is currently defunct. Until recently the Aleppo Codex had an official website,. Housed at the Shrine of the Book at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem, this manuscript provides the basis for the editorial project of the Hebrew University Bible, a long-running diplomatic edition of the Hebrew text with extensive apparatuses that is, as of yet, far from complete (and without a current official website). The Aleppo Codex presents the oldest (formerly) complete Hebrew bible manuscript. My focus here is on the most important Hebrew and Greek manuscripts of the Hebrew Bible and its Greek translation (the Septuagint)-those that are generally used as the primary texts for either diplomatic or eclectic critical editions-and the problems their online presence has not solved. At the same time, the online condition of most manuscripts leaves much to be desired. ![]() The online availability of these manuscripts, a few of which I would like to focus on here, affords biblical scholars an unprecedented opportunity for research and teaching. Fortunately, many of these manuscripts-particularly the most important ones-are now available online as digitized photographic (and less often, typographical) facsimiles. ![]() Rather, we find ourselves before a plethora of manuscripts and variants.
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