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Description	w:Leningrad Codex text sample. A very old manuscript of the hebrew bible. A former possession of karaït jews. They claim his author was karait, a position refused by rabbanite jews.
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Date	"The manuscript was written around the year 1010 C. E." [2]
Author	Shmuel ben Ya'akov
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current	13:47, 10 March 2007	500×791 (100 KB)	Pvasiliadis	({{Information\| \|Description=w:Leningrad Codex text sample \|Source=[http://www.usc.edu/dept/LAS/wsrp/educational_site/biblical_manuscripts/LeningradCodex.shtml] \|Date="The manuscript was written around the year 1010 C. E." [http://www.usc.edu/dept/LAS/)