The Aleppo Codex

In Pursuit of One of the World's Most Coveted, Sacred, and Mysterious Books

Nonfiction, History, Middle East, Jewish, Social & Cultural Studies, True Crime
Cover of the book The Aleppo Codex by Matti Friedman, Algonquin Books
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Matti Friedman ISBN: 9781616202705
Publisher: Algonquin Books Publication: May 14, 2013
Imprint: Algonquin Books Language: English
Author: Matti Friedman
ISBN: 9781616202705
Publisher: Algonquin Books
Publication: May 14, 2013
Imprint: Algonquin Books
Language: English

Winner of the 2014 Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature

A thousand years ago, the most perfect copy of the Hebrew Bible was written. It was kept safe through one upheaval after another in the Middle East, and by the 1940s it was housed in a dark grotto in Aleppo, Syria, and had become known around the world as the Aleppo Codex.

Journalist Matti Friedman’s true-life detective story traces how this precious manuscript was smuggled from its hiding place in Syria into the newly founded state of Israel and how and why many of its most sacred and valuable pages went missing. It’s a tale that involves grizzled secret agents, pious clergymen, shrewd antiquities collectors, and highly placed national figures who, as it turns out, would do anything to get their hands on an ancient, decaying book. What it reveals are uncomfortable truths about greed, state cover-ups, and the fascinating role of historical treasures in creating a national identity.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

Winner of the 2014 Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature

A thousand years ago, the most perfect copy of the Hebrew Bible was written. It was kept safe through one upheaval after another in the Middle East, and by the 1940s it was housed in a dark grotto in Aleppo, Syria, and had become known around the world as the Aleppo Codex.

Journalist Matti Friedman’s true-life detective story traces how this precious manuscript was smuggled from its hiding place in Syria into the newly founded state of Israel and how and why many of its most sacred and valuable pages went missing. It’s a tale that involves grizzled secret agents, pious clergymen, shrewd antiquities collectors, and highly placed national figures who, as it turns out, would do anything to get their hands on an ancient, decaying book. What it reveals are uncomfortable truths about greed, state cover-ups, and the fascinating role of historical treasures in creating a national identity.

More books from Algonquin Books

Cover of the book Shadow of the Lions by Matti Friedman
Cover of the book Descent by Matti Friedman
Cover of the book Empire of Deception by Matti Friedman
Cover of the book In Memory of Junior by Matti Friedman
Cover of the book Man with a Pan by Matti Friedman
Cover of the book The Statesman and the Storyteller by Matti Friedman
Cover of the book The Algonquin Reader by Matti Friedman
Cover of the book The Totally Unscientific Study of the Search for Human Happiness by Matti Friedman
Cover of the book The Cheer Leader by Matti Friedman
Cover of the book Carmer and Grit, Book Two: The Crooked Castle by Matti Friedman
Cover of the book Bobcat and Other Stories by Matti Friedman
Cover of the book Flower Confidential by Matti Friedman
Cover of the book The Revised Fundamentals of Caregiving by Matti Friedman
Cover of the book Pictures of You by Matti Friedman
Cover of the book The Taste of Salt by Matti Friedman
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy