Shrine of the Book

Name: Shrine of the Book
Address: Shrine of the Book, Victor and Andrea Carter Promenade, Nayot, Jerusalem, Jerusalem District, 9218812, Israel

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Place Category: Museum - SecularPlace Tags: Aleppo Codex Bible Translation Dead Sea Scrolls Isaiah Scroll Shrine of the Book

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The shrine houses the Isaiah scroll, dating from the second century BCE, the most intact of the Dead Sea Scrolls, and the Aleppo Codex, dating from the 10th century CE, the oldest existing Hebrew Bible.^[4] A facsimile of the original Isaiah scroll is now on display in the Shrine of the Book.

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