The Aleppo Codex : : a True Story of Obsession, Faith, and the Pursuit of an Ancient Bible
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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.
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.
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PUBLISHED
Chapel Hill, N.C. : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2012.
Year Published: 2012
Description: xx, 298 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9781616200404
1616200405
SUBJECTS
Aleppo Codex -- History.