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Name: The Aleppo Codex
Author: Matti Friedman
Year: 2012
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Genres/categories: History, Award winners, Non Fiction, Religion

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Winner of the Canadian Jewish Book Award for History in 2013.
Winner of the Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature in 2014.

A true-life thriller about the journey of one of the world's most precious manuscripts--the 10th century annotated Hebrew Bible known as the Aleppo Codex--from its hiding place in an ancient Syrian synagogue to the newly-founded Israel. Using his research, including documents which have been secret for 50 years and interviews with key players, AP correspondent Friedman tells a story of political upheaval, international intrigue, charged courtroom battles, obsession, and subterfuge.
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