The German edition, published by Verlag Herder:

The recently released Dutch edition, published by Lannoo:

The newly released Czech edition of The Aleppo Codex, published by Pistorius:

December 16, 2012 The Dead Sea Scrolls we know, but who has ever heard of the Crown of Aleppo, in many respects a more important manuscript? Thanks to Matti Friedman’s “The Aleppo Codex: A True Story of Obsession, Faith, and the Pursuit of an Ancient Bible,” the story of the most nearly perfect original text of the Hebrew Bible is …

On this episode of Insights and Influence, Dave Gordon interviews Jerusalem-based journalist and author Matti Friedman, who recently published The Aleppo Codex: The True Story of Obesession, Faith, and the International Pursuit of an Ancient Bible. In what Friedman describes as a “a true-life detective story,” The Aleppo Codex is about a hunt for a thousand year-old manuscript as he discovered a convoluted, and …

The Aleppo Codex and the Ownership of Tradition  Sept. 12, 2012 The Torah belongs to all Jews and, indeed, to anyone who cares to learn and live its ways. But it is not transparent.  Copyists make errors.  Torah scrolls lack vowels, making pronunciation and meaning uncertain. Matti Friedman’s new book The Aleppo Codex tells the story of the oldest and most authoritative …

August 2, 2012 KUER Radio West (Salt Lake City) Interviewer: Doug Fabrizio Around 930 CE, the most perfect copy of the Hebrew Bible was written. Over the centuries, it was stolen by Crusaders, ransomed to Egypt and eventually found a home in Syria, where it was protected by the Jewish community in Aleppo. Today it’s in Jerusalem, but how it …

And the codex was not consumed By Stephanie Saldaña, 06.08.12 Eight years ago, when I was living as a student in the Christian Quarter of Damascus, I would often wander across Straight Street to the Jewish Quarter of the city. Still known as Harat al-Yahud by the local residents, its narrow alleys were haunted with vacant houses and entire sections of …

  Matti Friedman on the Unsolved Mystery of the Aleppo Codex By JOEL LOVELL   Ronen Bergman’s article in our July 25 issue on the Aleppo Codex was occasioned and informed by the recent publication of “The Aleppo Codex: A True Story of Obsession, Faith and the Pursuit of an Ancient Bible,” by the Israeli-Canadian journalist Matti Friedman. Several readers …

A note from Matti: On July 25th, 2012, The New York Times Magazine published a story on the Aleppo Codex, headlined “A High Holy Whodunnit.” The article included several references to my book, The Aleppo Codex, but did not make clear to readers that the entire article was based on parts of the book. Responding to a complaint from my …