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?? While Tim exploresIsaac Newton's journals, Chanan meets up withjournalist Matti...

�� While Tim explores
Isaac Newton's journals, Chanan meets up with
journalist Matti Friedman who investigated the history
of the Aleppo Codex, a Hebrew Bible even older
than the Leningrad Codex

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While Tim explores Isaac Newton's journals,
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Chanan meets up with journalist Matti Friedman
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who investigated the history of the Aleppo Codex,
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a Hebrew Bible even older than the Leningrad Codex.
Duration
22 seconds
Views
23
Timestamp in Movie
00:44:25
Uploaded
Jun 27, 2025
Genres
documentary
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Movie Summary

Behind locked doors in St. Petersburg, Russia is the Leningrad Codex, the world's oldest complete text of the Hebrew Bible.
The mystery surrounding it begins in 1947 - God Code 00:08
The mystery surrounding it begins in 1947
Mobs attack the Jewish community, - God Code 00:12
Mobs attack the Jewish community,
Narrator: Somehow, the codex survives the fiery riots. - God Code 00:04
Narrator: Somehow, the codex survives the fiery riots.
And ten years later, it's quietly snuck out of Syria. - God Code 00:04
And ten years later, it's quietly snuck out of Syria.
- It's smuggled out of Syria in a washing machine, - God Code 00:06
- It's smuggled out of Syria in a washing machine,
The Aleppo Codex, when it's written, - God Code 00:05
The Aleppo Codex, when it's written,
- Wow. Okay. - The Aleppo Codex - God Code 00:07
- Wow. Okay. - The Aleppo Codex
The most important part of any Hebrew Bible, - God Code 00:06
The most important part of any Hebrew Bible,
but-it-just-that-a-story - God Code 00:16
but-it-just-that-a-story
The answer may lie with one of the few people - God Code 00:07
The answer may lie with one of the few people
86-year-old Rafi Sutton gazed upon the Aleppo Codex - God Code 00:07
86-year-old Rafi Sutton gazed upon the Aleppo Codex
Narrator: While the fire story persisted, - God Code 00:06
Narrator: While the fire story persisted,
When he was recruited into the Israeli Intelligence Service, - God Code 00:11
When he was recruited into the Israeli Intelligence Service,
Narrator: For 60 years, the story of the fire continued, - God Code 00:06
Narrator: For 60 years, the story of the fire continued,
Is it possible someone or some group - God Code 00:08
Is it possible someone or some group
It appears the pages weren't lost. - God Code 00:04
It appears the pages weren't lost.
Were they taken for profit - God Code 00:05
Were they taken for profit
where-the-surviving-pages-of-the-aleppo-codex-are-guarded - God Code 00:14
where-the-surviving-pages-of-the-aleppo-codex-are-guarded
- Chanan, how are you enjoying my baby? - God Code 00:04
- Chanan, how are you enjoying my baby?
- It's in its cradle, and it looks gorgeous. - God Code 00:05
- It's in its cradle, and it looks gorgeous.