Aleppo Codex (Keter Aram Tsova)

Evidence state: documented fact

Tenth-century Masoretic Hebrew Bible codex associated with the Ben Asher tradition and preserved today under the Aleppo Codex custodial framework.

Release Introduced

v50

Curation State

CURATED_CATALOG_ENTITY

Short Title

Aleppo Codex

Evidence Classification

documented fact

Date Range

{
    "start_ce": 900,
    "end_ce": 950,
    "label": "first half of 10th century CE",
    "certainty": "approximate institutional dating"
}

Languages

[
    "Hebrew"
]

Tradition Contexts

[
    "BIBLICAL_TEXTUAL_WITNESS",
    "JEWISH_CONTEXT"
]

Identifiers

[
    {
        "scheme": "Traditional name",
        "value": "Keter Aram Tsova / Aleppo Codex"
    }
]

Repository Note

Custodial framework of the Ben-Zvi Institute; portions are displayed at the Shrine of the Book while most leaves are stored under controlled conditions.

Contents Scope

Nearly complete Hebrew Bible historically; substantial leaves are missing. Completeness must be evaluated book/passage by book/passage.

Source Ids

[
    "SRC_ALEPPO_CODEX_BEN_ZVI"
]

Rights

{
    "image_state": "LINK_ONLY",
    "transcription_state": "LINK_ONLY_PENDING_RIGHTS_REVIEW",
    "local_host_state": "RIGHTS_REVIEW_REQUIRED"
}

Evidence Boundary

The codex is a medieval Masoretic witness of exceptional importance. It must not be represented as an ancient pre-Christian manuscript, and missing leaves cannot be reconstructed as extant evidence.