'World's oldest Torah' scroll found in Italy [reproduction of The University of Bologna in Italy has found what it says may be the oldest complete scroll of Judaism's most important text, the scroll was Torah.The in the university library but had been mislabelled, here's from the BBC a professor at the university says. It was previously thought the scroll was no more that a few hundred years old. However, after carbon dating tests, the university has said the text may have been written more than 850 years ago. The university's Professor of Hebrew Mauro Perani says this would make it the oldest complete text of the Torah known to exist, and an object of extraordinary worth. In 1889 that the university says one of its librarians, Leonello Modona, had examined the scroll and dated it to the 17th Century.However, when Prof Perani recently re-examined the scroll, he realised the script used was that of the oriental Babylonian tradition, meaning that the scroll must be extremely old. Another reason for the dating is that the text has many features forbidden in later copies under the rules laid down by the scholar Maimonides in the 12th Century, the university says... even Japan English news story reprinted below. Northern part of Italy's oldest full manuscripts and scrolls found I-5 book Moses national Bologna University is 30 days old testament unveiled "5 book Moses" 12-13 century manuscript scrolls is found from the University Library. It seemed to be world's oldest as manuscript scroll of 5 for 100%. Italy media reported. Had so far kept the library, had been classified in the list of created in 1889, 17 century manuscript. Realize that the Professor of Hebrew at the University was making a new list of experts is more ancient manuscripts from the typeface in February this year, turned things around 1155-1225, and. Length at 36 m 64 cm long made of parchment scrolls Codex. The first 5 books of the old testament from Genesis Prophet Moses recorded the tradition that up "Deuteronomy" written in Hebrew. 5 Book manuscript scroll fragments says that even old age there. It's Italy! ~ it may sound. And no matter what no wonder.... Said underground passageway came out if I broke the old walls were ancient Roman, and post it. Siena, I also want to go to.
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