Aleppo Codex fragments
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The Aleppo Codex fragments are surviving pieces of a 10th-century authoritative Hebrew Bible manuscript, renowned for their textual accuracy and historical significance in Jewish tradition.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Aleppo Codex | 3 |
| Aleppo Codex (partial) | 1 |
| Aleppo Codex complete manuscript | 1 |
| Aleppo Codex fragments canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2024929 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Aleppo Codex fragments Context triple: [Israel Museum, notableExhibit, Aleppo Codex fragments]
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A.
Leningrad Codex
The Leningrad Codex is the oldest complete manuscript of the Hebrew Bible in Hebrew, produced by the Masoretic tradition around 1008–1010 CE and serving as a primary textual basis for modern critical editions.
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B.
Codex Sinaiticus
Codex Sinaiticus is one of the oldest and most complete surviving manuscripts of the Christian Bible, written in Greek on parchment in the 4th century.
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C.
Dead Sea Scrolls
The Dead Sea Scrolls are a collection of ancient Jewish manuscripts discovered near Qumran that include some of the oldest known biblical texts and shed light on Second Temple Judaism.
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D.
Papyrus 66
Papyrus 66 is an early third-century Greek manuscript of the Gospel of John, notable for its importance to New Testament textual criticism and its affiliation with the Alexandrian text-type.
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E.
Codex Bezae
Codex Bezae is a 5th-century Greek-Latin bilingual manuscript of the New Testament, notable for its distinctive textual variants and importance in biblical textual criticism.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Aleppo Codex fragments Target entity description: The Aleppo Codex fragments are surviving pieces of a 10th-century authoritative Hebrew Bible manuscript, renowned for their textual accuracy and historical significance in Jewish tradition.
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A.
Leningrad Codex
The Leningrad Codex is the oldest complete manuscript of the Hebrew Bible in Hebrew, produced by the Masoretic tradition around 1008–1010 CE and serving as a primary textual basis for modern critical editions.
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B.
Codex Sinaiticus
Codex Sinaiticus is one of the oldest and most complete surviving manuscripts of the Christian Bible, written in Greek on parchment in the 4th century.
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C.
Dead Sea Scrolls
The Dead Sea Scrolls are a collection of ancient Jewish manuscripts discovered near Qumran that include some of the oldest known biblical texts and shed light on Second Temple Judaism.
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D.
Papyrus 66
Papyrus 66 is an early third-century Greek manuscript of the Gospel of John, notable for its importance to New Testament textual criticism and its affiliation with the Alexandrian text-type.
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E.
Codex Bezae
Codex Bezae is a 5th-century Greek-Latin bilingual manuscript of the New Testament, notable for its distinctive textual variants and importance in biblical textual criticism.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Hebrew Bible manuscript fragments
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biblical manuscript fragments ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Aaron ben Asher ⓘ |
| associatedWithEvent | damage and loss of leaves in the 20th century ⓘ |
| contains | portions of the Hebrew Bible ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance |
central to Jewish textual tradition
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used as a standard for accurate Torah text ⓘ |
| currentUse |
comparison with other Masoretic manuscripts
ⓘ
scholarly research ⓘ |
| dateOfOrigin | 10th century ⓘ |
| evidenceFor |
stability of the Masoretic Text
ⓘ
vocalization practices in medieval Tiberias ⓘ |
| feature |
Masoretic notes
ⓘ
cantillation marks ⓘ vowel points ⓘ |
| follows | Tiberian Masoretic tradition ⓘ |
| genre | biblical codex fragments ⓘ |
| hasQuality |
Masoretic precision
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authoritative status in Jewish tradition ⓘ high textual accuracy ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
evidence for the early Masoretic Text
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important for reconstruction of the lost portions of the Aleppo Codex ⓘ reference for later Hebrew Bible manuscripts ⓘ |
| language | Hebrew ⓘ |
| material | parchment ⓘ |
| originalWork |
Aleppo Codex fragments
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Aleppo Codex complete manuscript
|
| partOf |
Aleppo Codex fragments
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Aleppo Codex
|
| placeOfOrigin | Tiberias ⓘ |
| preservationStatus | partial ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Leningrad Codex
ⓘ
Masoretic Text ⓘ
surface form:
Masoretic Text tradition of Tiberias
|
| religion | Judaism ⓘ |
| religiousSignificance | considered a highly reliable witness to the biblical text ⓘ |
| script | Hebrew script ⓘ |
| scriptType | square Hebrew script ⓘ |
| studiedBy |
Masoretic specialists
ⓘ
biblical scholars ⓘ textual critics ⓘ |
| subject |
Tanakh
ⓘ
surface form:
Hebrew Bible
|
| survivingFrom | original complete Aleppo Codex ⓘ |
| timePeriod | medieval Jewish manuscript culture ⓘ |
| tradition | Masoretic Text ⓘ |
| typeOfWork | religious manuscript fragments ⓘ |
| use |
Jewish biblical study
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Masoretic textual research ⓘ textual criticism of the Hebrew Bible ⓘ |
| writingSystem | consonantal Hebrew with Tiberian vocalization ⓘ |
| writingTechnique | handwritten ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Aleppo Codex fragments Description of subject: The Aleppo Codex fragments are surviving pieces of a 10th-century authoritative Hebrew Bible manuscript, renowned for their textual accuracy and historical significance in Jewish tradition.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Aleppo Codex
this entity surface form:
Aleppo Codex (partial)
this entity surface form:
Aleppo Codex
this entity surface form:
Aleppo Codex complete manuscript
this entity surface form:
Aleppo Codex