500th Anniversary of the Bomberg Bible

2024 marks the five hundredth anniversary of the Second Rabbinic Bible printed by Daniel Bomberg and edited by Yaakov (Jacob) ben Ḥayyim ibn Adonijah. This edition of the Masoretic Hebrew text underlies the Old Testament of the Authorised (King James) Bible, which the Society publishes. Setting the standard for all later Hebrew Bibles, this was indeed the text used to translate the Old Testament into many languages. It remains the preferred text of religious Jews and is the Old Testament for Hebrew Christians.

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