The Hebrew Bible

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18 Adar

The Hebrew Bible

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Discover the most famous Hebrew text in the world with an introduction and survey of the Codex Babilonicus and the Codex Petropolitanus (The Leningrad Codex).

tags: History Tanakh Literature Art Linguistics Hebrew Eastern Europe Judaism

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