The Leningrad Codex : a facsimile edition / general editor, David Noel Freedman ; managing editor, Astrid B. Beck ; associate editors, Bruce E. Zuckerman, Marilyn J. Lundberg ; publication editor, James A. Sanders ; photographers, Bruce E. Zuckerman ... [et al.].

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Format
Book
Language
Hebrew
Published/​Created
Grand Rapids, Mich. : Wm. B. Eerdmans ; Leiden ; New York : Brill Academic Publishers, 1998.
Description
li, 1016 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 34 cm.

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  • illustration http://rdaregistry.info/termList/IllusContent/1014 rdaill
  • polychrome https://www.rdaregistry.info/termList/RDAColourContent/1003 rdacc
Summary note
This beautiful scholar's edition of the oldest complete Hebrew Bible in the world--produced under the auspices of the University of Michigan in cooperation and consultation with the Ancient Biblical Manuscript Center and the West Semitic Research Project--features a large format that includes 16 full-color illuminated carpet pages that capture in precise detail the Codex's lovely medieval artwork.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Action note
Committed to retain in perpetuity — ReCAP Shared Collection (HUL)
Language note
Introductory matter in English.
Contents
  • Introduction to the Leningrad Codex / Astrid Billes Beck.
  • The oldest complete codex of the Hebrew Bible / Victor V. Lebedev.
  • The Leningrad Codex as a representative of the Masoretic text / E.J. Revell.
  • Publisher's preface for publication of Leningradensis / J.A. Sanders.
  • The photographic documentation of Firkovich B 19 A / Bruce E. Zuckerman, Kenneth A. Zuckerman, and Marilyn J. Lundberg.
  • The Leningrad Codex (Hebrew text begins at the back of this volume).
Place name(s)
United States Michigan Grand Rapids
ISBN
  • 0802837867 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 9004108548 (Brill)
LCCN
^^^96012373^
OCLC
34355847
RCP
H - S
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