Voice of America: Professor in Italy Claims Identification of World's Oldest Complete Torah

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Professor in Italy Claims Identification of World's Oldest Complete Torah May 29th 2013, 21:13 An Italian professor said on Wednesday he has identified what he believes is the world's oldest complete scroll of the Torah, containing the full text of the first five books of Hebrew scripture. Mauro Perani, professor of Hebrew at the University of Bologna, said experts and carbon dating tests done in Italy and the United States dated the scroll as having been made between 1155 and 1225. The scroll, which has been in possession of the Bologna University Library for more than 100 ...

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