Cairo Genizah Collection - This
collection is made up of over a hundred thousand fragments of writings found in the genizah of a synagogue in Cairo. Though they have been scattered
among many collections, they are now being made available online. For
more info see this Wikipedia article. Rylands Collection - The University of Manchester has a collection of about 11,000 fragments in the John Rylands Library and available online. Friedberg Genizah Project - This is a project that aims to bring many of the different Cairo Genizah collections into a single place. Firefox doesn't work with this site thus far, so you'll have to use IE 6 or up. Penn/Cambridge Genizah Fragment Project - Another attempt at digitizing and making the fragmanets available online. Bible Codices Aleppo Codex - This is one of the earliest versions of the Hebrew Bible available. Supposed to match the Masorah better than the Lenningrad. It was complete until most of the Pentatuech was lost in 1947, due to ant-Jewish riots. The entire codex is made available, and the UI is very accessible and friendly. Codex Sinaiticus - This 4th century manuscript is useful in Septuagint studies. Available online. Biblical Manuscripts Project
- Here is collection of a number of manuscripts, including the New
Testament, and Septuagint versions for the Hebrew Bible which include Codex
Sinaiticus and Freer Codex. Also includes many other manuscripts available
there and other sites. Gutenberg Bible - Although not useful for most most biblical scholarship, this is still a fun resource. The entire bible is available online. Dead Sea Scrolls Recently it has been announced that the Dead Sea Scrolls will be made available online for free. See this New York Times article. The Great Isaiah Scroll - The entire scroll is online for viewing. Magnification makes it readable, but still less than ideal. Databases |