Leningrad Codex
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The Leningrad Codex is the oldest complete manuscript of the Hebrew Bible in Hebrew, produced by the Masoretic tradition around 1008–1010 CE and serving as a primary textual basis for modern critical editions.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Leningrad Codex canonical | 5 |
| Masoretic Text | 2 |
| Hebrew Masoretic Text | 1 |
| Masoretic manuscripts | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T899029 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Leningrad Codex Context triple: [Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia, basedOn, Leningrad Codex]
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A.
Codex Sinaiticus
Codex Sinaiticus is one of the oldest and most complete surviving manuscripts of the Christian Bible, written in Greek on parchment in the 4th century.
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B.
Codex Bezae
Codex Bezae is a 5th-century Greek-Latin bilingual manuscript of the New Testament, notable for its distinctive textual variants and importance in biblical textual criticism.
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C.
Codex Vaticanus
Codex Vaticanus is a 4th-century Greek biblical manuscript held in the Vatican Library and regarded as one of the oldest and most important witnesses to the text of the Bible.
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D.
Codex Alexandrinus
Codex Alexandrinus is a 5th-century Greek manuscript of the Bible, notable as one of the oldest and most complete surviving copies of both the Old and New Testaments.
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E.
Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia
Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia is a critical scholarly edition of the Hebrew Bible widely used as a standard reference text in biblical studies and translations.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Leningrad Codex Target entity description: The Leningrad Codex is the oldest complete manuscript of the Hebrew Bible in Hebrew, produced by the Masoretic tradition around 1008–1010 CE and serving as a primary textual basis for modern critical editions.
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A.
Codex Sinaiticus
Codex Sinaiticus is one of the oldest and most complete surviving manuscripts of the Christian Bible, written in Greek on parchment in the 4th century.
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B.
Codex Bezae
Codex Bezae is a 5th-century Greek-Latin bilingual manuscript of the New Testament, notable for its distinctive textual variants and importance in biblical textual criticism.
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C.
Codex Vaticanus
Codex Vaticanus is a 4th-century Greek biblical manuscript held in the Vatican Library and regarded as one of the oldest and most important witnesses to the text of the Bible.
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D.
Codex Alexandrinus
Codex Alexandrinus is a 5th-century Greek manuscript of the Bible, notable as one of the oldest and most complete surviving copies of both the Old and New Testaments.
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E.
Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia
Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia is a critical scholarly edition of the Hebrew Bible widely used as a standard reference text in biblical studies and translations.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Hebrew Bible manuscript
ⓘ
Masoretic Text manuscript ⓘ codex ⓘ medieval manuscript ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Codex Leningradensis
ⓘ
Leningradensis ⓘ |
| approximateDate | early 11th century CE ⓘ |
| collection | Firkovich Collection ⓘ |
| comparedWith |
Aleppo Codex fragments
ⓘ
surface form:
Aleppo Codex
|
| completeness | complete Hebrew Bible ⓘ |
| contains |
Tanakh
ⓘ
complete Hebrew Bible ⓘ |
| containsPart |
Ketuvim
ⓘ
Neviim ⓘ Torah ⓘ |
| currentLocation |
National Library of Russia, Saint Petersburg
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surface form:
National Library of Russia
|
| dateOfCreation | 1008–1010 CE ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
Masorah
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surface form:
Masorah magna
Masorah ⓘ
surface form:
Masorah parva
Masoretic accentuation ⓘ Masoretic vocalization ⓘ colophons ⓘ |
| hasSignificance |
key witness to the Masoretic Text
ⓘ
standard reference text for textual criticism of the Hebrew Bible ⓘ |
| influenced |
modern Bible translations
ⓘ
printed Hebrew Bibles ⓘ |
| is | oldest complete manuscript of the Hebrew Bible in Hebrew ⓘ |
| language | Hebrew ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Russia
ⓘ
St. Petersburg ⓘ
surface form:
Saint Petersburg
|
| placeOfOrigin |
Egypt
ⓘ
Fustat ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Judaism ⓘ |
| script | Hebrew script ⓘ |
| scriptType | square Hebrew script ⓘ |
| shelfmark | Firkovich B19A ⓘ |
| statusComparedToAleppoCodex | oldest complete manuscript while Aleppo Codex is older but partially lost ⓘ |
| subject | Hebrew Bible text ⓘ |
| textType | Masoretic Text ⓘ |
| tradition |
Masorah
ⓘ
surface form:
Masoretic tradition
|
| usedAs |
base text for Biblia Hebraica Quinta
ⓘ
base text for Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia ⓘ primary textual basis for modern critical editions of the Hebrew Bible ⓘ |
| usedIn | modern biblical scholarship ⓘ |
| writingDirection | right-to-left ⓘ |
| writingMaterial | parchment ⓘ |
| writingSystem | consonantal Hebrew with vocalization ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Leningrad Codex Description of subject: The Leningrad Codex is the oldest complete manuscript of the Hebrew Bible in Hebrew, produced by the Masoretic tradition around 1008–1010 CE and serving as a primary textual basis for modern critical editions.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Hebrew Masoretic Text
this entity surface form:
Masoretic Text
this entity surface form:
Masoretic manuscripts