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Booklist’s Top 10 Religion and Spirituality Books“A superb work of investigative journalism that reads like a detective thriller.â€â€•The Wall Street Journal“Friedman’s clear writing and dogged pursuit of some otherwise overlooked assumptions read more like a detective novel than history . . . Friedman has written an important account in accessible, gripping prose.â€â€•The Christian Science Monitor “A thrilling, step-by-step quest to discover what really happened to Judaism’s most important book . . . Many of [The Aleppo Codex’s] most astute and well-earned revelations are also its biggest surprises.†―The Boston Globe“The Aleppo Codex builds to a moral crescendo more impressive than the climactic fight scene in any thriller.â€â€•Salon “Friedman creates a riveting story, one that the reader will have a hard time putting down.â€â€•The Advocate“Thrilling . . . a real-life National Treasure that reads like fantastical fiction.â€â€•CultureMob “[Friedman] opened a treasure box of history, mystery, conspiracy, and convolutions that would do any biblical thriller proud . . . Friedman has done a remarkable job―finding sources and digging through archives―of getting the Crown’s fascinating story out of the shadows and into the light. In the process, he’s become the latest in the long line of the Crown’s protectors.â€â€•Booklist, starred review“Sharply etched . . . A carefully paced narrative of purloined Judaica.â€â€•Kirkus Reviews “Friedman’s account of how the Codex was taken from Syria in the 1940s, later to resurface in Jerusalem, although no longer
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About the Author
Matti Friedman’s 2016 book Pumpkinflowers was chosen as a New York Times Notable Book and as one of Amazon’s 10 Best Books of the Year. It was selected as one of the year’s best by Booklist, Mother Jones, Foreign Affairs, the National Post, and the Globe and Mail. His first book, The Aleppo Codex, won the 2014 Sami Rohr Prize, the ALA’s Sophie Brody Medal, and the Canadian Jewish Book Award for history. A former AssociatedPress correspondent, Friedman has reported from Israel, Lebanon, Morocco, Moscow, the Caucasus, and Washington, DC, and his writing has appeared in the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, the Atlantic, the Washington Post, and elsewhere. Friedman grew up in Toronto and now lives with his family in Jerusalem.
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Product details
Paperback: 320 pages
Publisher: Algonquin Books; Complete Numbers Starting with 1, 1st Ed edition (May 14, 2013)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1616202785
ISBN-13: 978-1616202781
Product Dimensions:
5.5 x 0.9 x 8.2 inches
Shipping Weight: 12 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review:
4.3 out of 5 stars
194 customer reviews
Amazon Best Sellers Rank:
#63,614 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
Very interesting story about an ancient manuscript. The Aleppo Codex was thought destroyed after riots surrounding the creation of the State of Israel. A decade later at least some of it arrived in Israel. Under some shady circumstances that have been obscured for decades it became the property of a state institution with ties to the then President of Israel. At some point after this it was discovered a large portion was in fact missing. Periodic interest has heated up several times, but no real answers and the eyewitnesses are already gone or near to. Very interesting saga and an engaging examination of the story that is the Aleppo Codex. While the treatment of Israeli actions in the aftermath seems balanced, the discussion of the foundation of the country and the reaction of the world to it are unabashedly and unquestionably pro Israel. It grated a little at times otherwise I would have given 5 stars.
Journalist and author, Matti Friedman details the history and the journey of one of the greatest books in Jewish Biblical Literature. The Codex, known as the Aram-Tzova, and later, the Aleppo Crown, originated in Tiberius in 930CE. Scholars painstakingly copied in an exact and precise replication, each and every letter, each and every vowel, and each and every word of the Tanach, the Hebrew Bible. The express purpose of the Codex was to insure that Jews in the Diaspora would have only one exact Bible for every Jewish community throughout the world, as singularity and unification was ultimately the only possibility for the survival of Judaism. The Codex, meant to be a reference guide, issued as a bound book rather than a rolled scroll. Mattie Friedman’s non-fiction work offers a wealth of information on Jewish history, and though slows in parts, bogged down in detail, ultimately brings to light the fate of the treasured and beloved, priceless Crown of Aleppo.
The Aleppo CodexThe mystery of the 1000 yr old parchment holy book (Hebrew Bible) is tragic and sad. A few of the missing pages were found, but many were believed stolen, whole books in fact. Secrecy, lies and descriptions are part of its history.Thought to have been damaged by a fire set by rioters in 1947, it was actually a fungus that discolored the pages. Its remaining parts, left deteriorating in a cabinet, were eventually restored. The codex should have been return to the Aleppo Community to whom it belonged. Perhaps then the whole codex would be in one place.
This is an amazing story. I love science fiction but this true story beats almost anything and it's true. More twists plots and characters than any fiction writer could manage. Including a death that might be murder! A morality tale of the venality and corruption that people and governments are capable of when an object of great value comes into play. A sad commentary on the people involved in a country that could have been a "light onto the world"; or purported to be that. The obfuscation and disappearing documents had nothing to do with national of personal security; but resulted in flagellant violations of the mandates enclosed in the very item they coveted, desired and should have been a basis for unifying a country and religion.
This book had many twists and turns in the author's dogged determination to find out what really happened to this sacred book. Had this not been labeled non-fiction, I would have thought it was fiction. This author takes the reader on his journey to discover the truth. His conclusion as to what happened is unexpected, yet makes sense.
I have been aware of the official, sanitized, history of the Codex, so I was surprised at Friedman's exposure of the apparent theft of the missing pages. Maybe I shouldn't have been surprised at the cover-up by so many academicians, but I found this at least as disturbing as the apparent theft itself. Friedman leads the reader through his own stages of discovery. He writes well and makes a convincing case. Friedman refrains from an actual "j'accuse" moment, but lets the reader draw his own conclusions.
I am still shaking my head, having just finished this book. First of all, since it's a review, this book is written masterfully! It reads like a novel and pulls you through to the end. Second, this story is riveting and sad. Matti Friedman sums it up perfectly as the book ends -- the codex survived centuries through countless eras of destruction and now, during a time when it was "safe," the people who were there to safe guard it and finally give it a home in Jerusalem stole it. It is so hard for me to envision the codex being passed along through generations, only to be "lost" within my generation. I hope this story isn't over and that it surfaces. But, regardless, this book is exceptional!
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