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What Is the Oldest Hebrew Bible?

What Is the Oldest Hebrew Bible?

Thursday, August 20, 2026
The oldest Hebrew Bible texts are the Dead Sea Scrolls (c. 250 B.C.E.–115 C.E.), but the most nearly complete copies of the Hebrew Bible are codices from a thousand years ago. What happened in the period between these two discoveries? The Ashkar-Gilson Manuscript fills the gap in our knowledge of this interim period. The post What Is the Oldest Hebrew Bible? appeared first on Biblical Archaeology Society.